Herbert W. Chilstrom
Bishop Herbert W. Chilstrom | |
|---|---|
| Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | |
| Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
| Elected | April 1987 |
| Installed | October 10, 1987 |
| Term ended | October 1995 |
| Successor | H. George Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Herbert W. Chilstrom October 18, 1931 |
| Died | January 19, 2020 (aged 88) Green Valley, Arizona |
| Denomination | Lutheranism |
| Residence | Saint Peter, Minnesota |
| Spouse | Corinne Hanson |
| Alma mater | Augsburg College, Princeton Theological Seminary, New York University |
Herbert W. Chilstrom (October 18, 1931 – January 19, 2020) was an American religious leader, who served as the first Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He was re-elected to a four-year term at the 1991 ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Orlando, Florida. He served as bishop of the Minnesota Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, one of the three church bodies which merged to form the ELCA on Jan. 1, 1988.