Paul Wennes Egertson was an American Lutheran clergyman. He was Bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America from 1995 to 2001 and served as a senior lecturer at the California Lutheran University.
Biography
Egertson was born in Litchville, North Dakota. He was the son of Rev. H. O. Egertson (1903–1985) and Thilda Amanda Wennes (1904–2008). He grew up in Southern California, where he father was a Lutheran pastor. Egertson died suddenly in his home in Thousand Oaks, California on the afternoon of January 5, 2011. ==ELCA Bishop==
ELCA Bishop
Egertson was elected Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, with pastoral responsibilities for South California in 1994. He served in episcopal office from 1995 until 2001, when he resigned one month before the end of his term, due primarily to his controversial stance toward homosexuality, having ordained a lesbian pastor Anita C. Hill, and publicly disagreed with other prominent church officials over the matter. ==References==