William Lazareth, Former ELCA Synod Bishop, Author, Professor, Dies
Posted by Robert Fisher on February 29, 2008
wfn.org | William Lazareth, Former ELCA Synod Bishop, Author, Professor, Dies
The Rev. William H. Lazareth, former bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) died of cancer Feb. 23 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Lazareth, 79, had a distinguished career as a college and seminary professor, author and leader with the ELCA, the former Lutheran Church in America (LCA) and the World Council of Churches (WCC), Geneva.