Kevin Jones Elected Bishop of ELCA Northeastern Iowa Synod
By Claudette
Posted Nov 12, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Kevin T. Jones of Mason City, Iowa, was elected June 12 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Iowa Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during an online synod assembly.
Jones was chosen on the fifth ballot with 168 votes. Stacey Nalean-Carlson, pastor of Glenwood and Canoe Ridge Lutheran churches in Decorah, Iowa, received 118 votes.
Jones has served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Mason City since 2014. Before that, he was associate pastor of Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Marion, Iowa, from 2001 to 2014. From 1993 to 2001, he was associate pastor of Blair (Wis.) Lutheran Parish.
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