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ELCA Minneapolis Area Synod names interim bishop, sets election date

From <NEWS@ELCA.ORG>
Date Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:45:17 -0500

Title: ELCA Minneapolis Area Synod names interim bishop, sets election date
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>July 11, 2011  

ELCA Minneapolis Area Synod names interim bishop, sets election date
11-094-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Minneapolis Area Synod Council of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) named the Rev. Dr. Glenn W.
Nycklemoe as interim bishop for the synod and said that an election for a
new bishop will be held in February 2012.

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