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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

May 7, 2002

STROMMEN REELECTED BISHOP OF ELCA NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA SYNOD
02-109-JB

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Peter Strommen was re-elected May 3 to
a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).   The election took place
at the synod assembly May 3-5 in Duluth, Minn.
     Strommen, 55, has been serving as bishop of the synod since he was
first elected in 1996. He was re-elected on the first ballot for bishop
with 358 votes.  The Rev. Lyle E. Rossing, Our Savior's Lutheran Church,
Hibbing, Minn., had 2 votes.  Twelve other nominees each had one vote.
     Strommen was born in Mora, Minn.  In 1969, he received a
bachelor's degree from Augsburg College, Minneapolis, one of 28 ELCA
colleges and universities.  He attended Yale University Divinity School,
New Haven, Conn., and earned a master of divinity degree in 1973 from
Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., one of eight ELCA seminaries.
     Before he became bishop, Strommen was pastor of First Lutheran
Church, Duluth, for 13 years.  He previously served as pastor of First
Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Oldham Lutheran Church, Oldham,
S.D.  He also was a hospital chaplain at Methodist Hospital,
Minneapolis.
     The ELCA Northeastern Minnesota Synod has 73,486 baptized members
in 149 congregations.  Its offices are in Duluth.

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