Friedrich Pfotenhauer
Lutheran pastor, President of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod1
Friedrich Pfotenhauer (April 22, 1859, Altencelle, Kingdom of Hanover – October 9, 1939, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was the fifth president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, from 1911 to 1935.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Friedrich Pfotenhauer (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Apr 22, 1859, died Oct 9, 1939.1
About
Pfotenhauer emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1875 and attended Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Upon his ordination on November 7, 1880, in Odessa, Minnesota, he served as a missionary in Minnesota and the Dakota and Montana territories from 1880 to 1887. On October 10, 1882, he married Helene Brauer in Crete, Illinois.
He was the pastor of congregations in Lewiston, Minnesota (1887–1894), and Hamburg, Minnesota(1894–1911). He also served as the president of the Minnesota and Dakota District of the LCMS from 1891 to 1908).
In 1908, he was elected to a three-year term as first vice-president of the LCMS. He was then elected president of the LCMS in 1911 and held that office until 1935, at which point the LCMS named him honorary president.
Pfotenhauer died on October 9, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois. He and his wife are buried in Bethania Cemetery in Justice, Illinois.
From Wikipedia’s article on Friedrich Pfotenhauer, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Lutheran Church – Missouri SynodChair 1911 to 193511
Early life and education
Career
Occupation: theologian.6
- 1911 to 1935President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod4
- 1911 to 1935Chair, Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod5
Personal life
Awards
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