Sofie Petersen (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Sofie Petersen (b. 1955) is a Greenlandic Inuit Lutheran bishop. She was born on November 23, 1955 in Maniitsoq, Greenland. She studied theology and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1986. On May 28, 1995, at the age of 39, Petersen was ordained as the Bishop of Greenland in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark. She was ordained at Hans Egede Church, the cathedral of Greenland in the presence of Queen Margrethe II. She is the first Inuit bishop and second female bishop in the Danish Luthern church. Petersen is an outspoken advocate for climate justice. She currently lives in Nuuk.