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| | SE MN SYNOD: Bishop Harold L. Usgaard's Biographical Information |
 | | was elected June 9, 2001, to a six-year term as bishop of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). |
 | | Previous to his call as bishop, he served as a pastor at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Austin, Minn.; at Mount Hope Lutheran Church in West Allis, Wis.; and at Zumbro Lutheran Church, Rochester, Minn. Usgaard holds degrees from Luther College and Luther Seminary, and was ordained as a pastor in 1973. |
 | | On June 9, 2001, he was elected bishop of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod, and on October 21 of that year, he was installed as bishop at St. John Lutheran Church in Owatonna, Minn. |
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