Donald P. Kreiss, Detroit, was reelected May 19 to serve a third six-year term as bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod. The election was held during the synod assembly May 18-20 at the Blue Water Convention Center in Port Huron, Mich.
He was reelected on the first ballot with 162 votes. A total of 153 votes were needed for election.
Kreiss has served as bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod since 2011. Previously he served as pastor of Antioch Lutheran Church in Farmington Hills, Mich., from 1999 to 2011, and King of Glory Lutheran Church in Flushing, Mich., from 1992 to 1997.
The bishop earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., in 1983 and a Master of Divinity from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in 1992.
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Katherine A. Finegan, Marquette, Mich., was reelected May 19 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the Northern Great Lakes Synod. The election was held during the synod assembly May 18-20 at the Northern Center at Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
Finegan was reelected on the first ballot with 174 votes. A total of 151 votes were needed for election.
She has served as bishop of the Northern Great Lakes Synod since 2017. Prior to becoming bishop, she served as an assistant to the bishop in the synod from 2012 to 2017 and as pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church in Republic, Mich., from 2002 to 2012.
The bishop earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Valparaiso (Ind.) University in 1987 and her Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., in 2002.
