Background
Graz, Franz Friedrich was born on May 16, 1939 in Königsberg, Germany.
religious organization executive
Graz, Franz Friedrich was born on May 16, 1939 in Königsberg, Germany.
Degree in Theology, Westfälische Wilhelmuniv., Münster, Germany, 1965.
Pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Church Hannover, Westerholt, Eastern Frisia, 1968-1976; pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Church Transvall Church, Kempton Park, South Africa, 1976; dean, Southern Transvaal Circuit, South Africa, 1981-1990; vice president, Evan. Lutheran Churches in Southern Africa, South Africa, 1983-1990; acting church president, Evan. Lutheran Churches in Southern Africa, South Africa, 1990-1991; acting general secretary, Federation Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Southern Africa, 1988-1991; executive director, Lutheran Communion in South Africa, Bonaero Park, South Africa, since 1991; director divinity, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa., since 1995.
Married Brigitte Maria Berndt, 1962. 5 children.