Germany's Lutheran Church Elects First Female Leader
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
Germany's Lutheran Church has elected a woman to lead the nation's Protestants for the first time in its history.
Margot Kaessmann was overwhelmingly voted into the church's top position on Wednesday.
The 51-year-old bishop holds a doctorate in theology and has four grown children. She is one of only two bishops in Germany's Protestant church.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
She was ordained in 1985 and has held many offices within the church. Kaessmann is viewed as being politically active and media savvy.