Title: Mauney Elected Lutheran Bishop of Virginia Synod
ELCA NEWS SERVICE
June 8, 1999
MAUNEY ELECTED LUTHERAN BISHOP OF VIRGINIA SYNOD
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CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. James F. Mauney, 46, was elected bishop
of the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
(ELCA) on June 6. He received 282 votes to 167 for the Rev. Dwayne J.
Westermann, 52, on the fifth ballot during the synod's assembly at
Roanoke College, Salem, Va.
Since 1988, Mauney has been assistant to the Rev. Richard F.
Bansemer, 59, current bishop of the synod. Mauney will succeed Bansemer
on Sept. 1. Bansemer announced in January that he will take early
retirement two years before the end of his six-year term.
Westermann is pastor of College Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Salem. The assembly also considered the Rev. J. Christopher Price, 46,
Epiphany Lutheran Church, Richmond, Va., on the fourth ballot for
bishop. There were 50 names on the nominating ballot.
Born in Lynchburg, Va., and raised in Norfolk, Va., Mauney
graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, N.C., and Lutheran
Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, S.C. He was ordained in 1978
and served as pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, San Diego, Calif., and
Christ Lutheran Church, Richmond.
The bishop-elect and his wife, Lynda, are the parents of a
daughter who is a student at Roanoke College. They are members of
College Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The ELCA Virginia Synod includes almost 44,000 Lutherans in 165
congregations across the state of Virginia except the metropolitan
Washington, D.C., area. The synod office is at Roanoke College.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask]
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