Complex sentence: Paul Wennes Egertson (February 17,1935--January 5,2011) was Bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America from 1995 to 2001 and served as a Senior Lecturer at the California Lutheran University.
Split into simpler sentences: Paul Wennes Egertson (February 17,1935--January 5,2011) was an American Lutheran clergyman. He was Bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America from 1995 to 2001 and served as a Senior Lecturer at the California Lutheran University.