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Kristen Papson elected bishop of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod

Scott Dalen elected bishop of the Western Iowa Synod

Keith Marshall elected bishop of the Southwestern Washington Synod

Melissa Stoller elected bishop of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod

Donna Simon elected bishop of the Central States Synod

Stephen Herr elected bishop of the Lower Susquehanna Synod

Philip Hirsch elected bishop of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Synod

Christa Compton elected bishop of the New Jersey Synod

Benjamin Quanbeck elected bishop of the Montana Synod

Constanze Hagmaier reelected bishop of the South Dakota Synod

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