Karl L. Barth
Lutheran minister and seminary president
About Karl L. Barth
Lived 1924 – 2020 (aged 95–96).
Karl L. Barth (November 7, 1924 – February 16, 2020) was the eighth president of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1982 to 1992.
Barth was born in Wisconsin on November 7, 1924. His father, G. Christian Barth, was a president of Concordia College in Wisconsin and his brother, W.L. Barth, also became a Lutheran minister.
He graduated from Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1943 and earned a Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis in 1947. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity by Concordia Theological Seminary in 1975. He oversaw celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the seminary.
Barth was married and had five children. He died on February 16, 2020, and was buried in Wisconsin Memorial Park in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
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Lutheran minister and seminary president
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Karl L. Barth was born in 1924.
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