CHICAGO — The Rev. Regina Hassanally was reelected May 30 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, May 30-31 at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato, Minn.
The bishop was reelected on the first ballot, with 274 votes, representing 91.9% of the legal ballots cast.
Hassanally was elected the synod’s bishop in 2019. Previously she served as pastor of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Goodhue, Minn. (2012-2019), and as director of shared ministry at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Northfield, Minn. (2008-2012).
She received her Bachelor of Arts in biology health professions from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, in 2005, and her Master of Divinity degree from Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa., in 2008. Her Lutheran year was spent at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., in 2011. Luther is one of seven ELCA seminaries.
Information about the Southeastern Minnesota Synod is available here.
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
For information contact:
Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org
