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College President Elected Church Head
The Rev. H. George Anderson, president of Luther College in Decorah Iowa, was elected Saturday as presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America receiving 698 votes. He defeated Wisconsin Bishop April Alring Larson who won 334 votes and became the denomination's first woman prelate.
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Minneapolis
H. George Anderson
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Wisconsin
April Alring Larson
Anderson
Herbert Chilstrom
Lutheran Church In America
American Lutheran Church
Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
Chilstrom