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Biography of Archbishop Jens Bargmann
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| A Lutheran Church in the Catholic Tradition |
Abp. Bargmann was born in 1970 in Lübeck,
Germany, where he grew up. In 1989 he
joined the German Air Force as a cadet.
After graduation from the German Air Force
Officer School and the University of the
German Armed Forces, where he earned a
Master's Degree in Education, he served in
the Air Force until the year 2000. He is
married to Agneta who is a nurse and a
teacher for children with special needs.
In 2000, the Bargmanns immigrated to the
United States, and moved to Annapolis, MD.
Here Jens worked with the U.S. Naval
Academy, comparing the academy's
Germany, where he grew up. In 1989 he
joined the German Air Force as a cadet.
After graduation from the German Air Force
Officer School and the University of the
German Armed Forces, where he earned a
Master's Degree in Education, he served in
the Air Force until the year 2000. He is
married to Agneta who is a nurse and a
teacher for children with special needs.
In 2000, the Bargmanns immigrated to the
United States, and moved to Annapolis, MD.
Here Jens worked with the U.S. Naval
Academy, comparing the academy's
program of military ethics with that of the German Navy. In 2003, Jens
completed a doctoral program on this subject at the Catholic
University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany. During this work, Jens
realized that God called him, not to be a teacher of philosophy, but of
the Gospel. Jesus' words in John 14:6, "I am the way, and the truth,
and the life" led him into the candidacy process for the ordained
ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and he
enrolled at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, PA.
Having served as a vicar at Saint Nicholas Lutheran Church in
Huntingtown, MD from 2003 to 2004, Jens was ordained into the
ministry of Word and Sacrament in January 2005 at Saint Martin's
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Annapolis. He served at St. Martin's for
three years as the Associate Pastor. In December 2007, Father Jens
was ordained in the historic apostolic succession and became the
pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, a congregation of the
completed a doctoral program on this subject at the Catholic
University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany. During this work, Jens
realized that God called him, not to be a teacher of philosophy, but of
the Gospel. Jesus' words in John 14:6, "I am the way, and the truth,
and the life" led him into the candidacy process for the ordained
ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and he
enrolled at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, PA.
Having served as a vicar at Saint Nicholas Lutheran Church in
Huntingtown, MD from 2003 to 2004, Jens was ordained into the
ministry of Word and Sacrament in January 2005 at Saint Martin's
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Annapolis. He served at St. Martin's for
three years as the Associate Pastor. In December 2007, Father Jens
was ordained in the historic apostolic succession and became the
pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, a congregation of the
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Sacrament of
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Sunday School at 10 a.m.
Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church
(ALCC). From 2008 - 2010 he
served as Vicar General within the
ALCC's Archdiocese of Europe.
In May 2010, he succeeded the
late Archbishop Jesse L. Boyd as
the ALCC's Archbishop of Europe.
In addition, he also serves as the
ALCC's Archbishop of Washington.
In addition to his duties in the
archdiocese and the
congregation, he is very happy to
have reconnected with his first
love, the military, and to serve as a
chaplain in the Air National Guard.
Abp. Bargmann has a strong
passion for unity among all
Christians, and in particular for the
dialog between Lutherans and
Roman Catholics.
(ALCC). From 2008 - 2010 he
served as Vicar General within the
ALCC's Archdiocese of Europe.
In May 2010, he succeeded the
late Archbishop Jesse L. Boyd as
the ALCC's Archbishop of Europe.
In addition, he also serves as the
ALCC's Archbishop of Washington.
In addition to his duties in the
archdiocese and the
congregation, he is very happy to
have reconnected with his first
love, the military, and to serve as a
chaplain in the Air National Guard.
Abp. Bargmann has a strong
passion for unity among all
Christians, and in particular for the
dialog between Lutherans and
Roman Catholics.
