Lutherans recognised in King’s Birthday 2025 Honours List

Congratulations to William ‘Bernie’ Delaney, John Gerlach, Les Hampel, John Held, Chris Pfeiffer and other members of the LCANZ recognised in the King’s Birthday 2025 Honours List.

John Held, a member of St Stephen’s Adelaide, has been made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division for ‘significant service to architecture in leadership roles’ while Chris Pfeiffer, of Tanunda, South Australia, and a member of Tabor congregation, receives the same honour for ‘significant service to the Lutheran Church of Australia, to the printing and tourism industries, and to the community’.

Bernie Delaney, a member at St Johns Southgate Victoria, is being recognised with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division for ‘service to the community through not-for-profit organisations’, while a member of Grace Redcliffe in Queensland who has been involved with Lutheran schools governance for many years, former teacher John Gerlach, receives the same honour for ‘service to education’. St Petri Lutheran Church member Les Hampel, from Nuriootpa SA, also receives an OAM in the General Division for ‘service to the community of Nuriootpa’.

The late John Mertin, who was a member of St John’s Tea Tree Gully in South Australia and died in 2021 aged 85, received a posthumous OAM in this year’s honours. John, who was a past district governor for Lions Australia and a member of the community organisation for 45 years, was recognised for ‘service to the community through service groups’.

Know of any other LCANZ members who have been honoured in the King’s Birthday list? Please let us know at lca.comms@lca.org.au