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Bishop Werger retires as Southeastern Iowa ELCA bishop
Paul Werger steps down after two decades leading the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the ELCA which covers 92,000 members in 150 churches. Philip Hougen, former St. Andrew pastor, elected to succeed him for six years. Werger plans travel writing and family time with wife Dianne and their four children and three grandchildren.
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Mary Rogers
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids
Rogers
Paul Werger
Bishop Werger
Werger
Southeastern Iowa Synod
ELCA
Iowa
Philip Hougen
St. Andrew
Des Moines
Hougen
Dianne
Verger
H. George Anderson
Luther College
Decorah
Paul
Anderson
Synod
Pennsylvania
Thiel College
Greenville
Northwestern Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Minn
Twin Cities
Bloomington
LCA
Steven Ullestad
Northeastern Iowa Synod
Gary Hess
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Hess