Shelley Bryan Wee was reelected May 16 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the ELCA Northwest Washington Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly, May 16-17 at the Edward D. Hansen Conference Center in Everett, Wash.
Bryan Wee was reelected on the second ballot, with 215 votes. Priscilla Paris-Austin, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Seattle, Wash., received 105 votes.
Bryan Wee was elected bishop of the Northwest Washington Synod in 2019. Previously she served as assistant to the bishop (2017-2019); pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Cheney, Wash. (2016-2017); campus pastor at Eastern Washington University in Cheney (2009-2017); pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Spokane, Wash. (1997-2009); and pastor of Jocko Valley Lutheran Church in Arlee, Mont. (1993-1997).
