Lutherans elect Megan Rohrer first transgender bishop
The San Francisco pastor is the first transgender person to be elected bishop in the denomination or in any of the US major Christian faiths. Bishop-elect Megan Rohrer of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Courtesy photo
May 9, 2021
(RNS) The Rev. Megan Rohrer was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Sierra Pacific synod on Saturday (May 8), becoming the first transgender person to serve as bishop in the denomination or in any of the U.S.’ major Christian faiths.
Rohrer, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in San Francisco and community chaplain coordinator for the San Francisco Police Department, was the first transgender person to be ordained in the ELCA in 2006 and the first to serve as a pastor when called to Grace Lutheran in 2014.