Annette Kurschus

The Right Reverend

Annette Kurschus
  • Chair of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany (2021–2023)[1]
  • Praeses of the Protestant Church in Westphalia (2012–2023)
ChurchProtestant Church in Germany
Appointed2021
PredecessorHeinrich Bedford-Strohm
Orders
Ordination1993
Consecration4 March 2012
Personal details
Born (1963-02-14) 14 February 1963 (age 61)
Rotenburg an der Fulda, West Germany
NationalityGerman
ParentsGeorg Kurschus

Annette Kurschus (born 14 February 1963 in Rotenburg an der Fulda) is a German Protestant theologian and pastor. She was Praeses (or in German Präses) of the Protestant Church of Westphalia from 2012 until 2023, in November 2015 she became Vice-President of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD – Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland). She was President of the Council of the EKD from 2021 until 2023.

  1. ^ "The Protestant Church in Germany" (PDF). Hannover: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland. June 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.