Bishop Rosemarie Wenner
Ecumenical Officer
Bishop Rosemarie Wenner is a Retired Bishop in The United Methodist Church, having served from 2005-2017.
On September 1, 2024, Bishop Wenner became the COB Co-Ecumenical Officer.
From 2012-2014, Bishop Wenner was the President of the Council of Bishops.
She was born in and grew up in Eppingen, nurtured by a small UMC congregation in southern Germany. She studied at the United Methodist Theological Seminary in Reutlingen and served as pastor of congregations in Karlsruhe-Durlach, Hockenheim and Darmstadt-Sprendlingen before her appointment as superintendent of the Frankfurt District in 1996.
In February 2005, she was elected bishop at the Germany Central Conference in Wuppertal – the first woman elected to the United Methodist episcopacy outside of the United States.
Bishop Wenner is married to Tobias Wenner and they live in Nussloch, Germany.