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Richard F. Bansemer was born to Reinhold Matthias and Oralee Ann Brierly Bansemer.
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Bansemer was ordained in 1966, with a Bachelor of Divinity from Southern Seminary. He holds honorary Doctor of Divinity Degrees from Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, and from Newberry College, Newberry, South Carolina. The Reverend Bansemer served University Lutheran in Gainesville Florida (1966-1968), and then Saint John parish in Roanoke from 1968-1973, and was then called to serve as pastor and mission developer of Lord of the Mountains Lutheran in Dillon, Colorado.
From 1978-1987 he served Rural Retreat Parish (Grace and Street Paul) in Rural Retreat, Virginia, and then served as Bishop of the Virginia Synod from 1987 until his retirement in 1999.
