Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt


Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt is a German Lutheran bishop.

Biography

Kühnbaum-Schmidt was born in Braunschweig. She studied Lutheran evangelical theology at University of Göttingen and at Kirchliche Hochschule Berlin.
She was ordained in Braunschweig in 1995, and served as a pastor of the parish of Wichern and in the Propstei pastorate for public relations. From 2009, Kühnbaum-Schmidt also worked as a pastoral psychological consultant and supervisor for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig and as a lecturer for pastoral care.
In 2013, Kühnbaum-Schmidt was elected regional bishop of the Meiningen-Suhl provost in the Evangelical Church in Central Germany. On September 27, 2018, the regional synod of the north church elected her as regional bishop, and she took over the position on April 1, 2019.
In December 2018, Kühnbaum-Schmidt was elected deputy chair of the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation. On November 7, 2019, the Bishops' Conference of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany elected her as Deputy Leading Bishop.

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