Diocesan Council is a body of elected lay and clergy representatives who serve between meetings of Diocesan Convention to oversee the program and budget of the Diocese of Minnesota.
Officers
The Right Reverend James L. Jelinek Bishop of Minnesota
Phone: 612-871-5311
E-mail: karen.o@episcopalmn.org
Canon Gary F. Gleason
Secretary of Convention and Council
Phone: 612-870-3304
E-mail: gary.g@episcopalmn.org
Ms. Karen Olson
Assistant Secretary of Convention and Council
Phone: 612-870-3312
E-mail: karen.o@episcopalmn.org
Ms. Stacy Abena, First Vice President
Phone: 952-922-2544
E-mail: slammom@aol.com
Steering Committee
Stacy Abena
Pat Dibble
The Rev. Lynn Orville
The Rev. Douglas Sparks
Representatives by Region
Region 1
The Rev. Lynn Orville
218-444-2291
orvilles@paulbunyan.net
Ms. Carole Johnson
218-834-6193
caroleht@charter.net
Region 2
The Rev. Alice Olson
218-834-6193
aeolson@hotmail.com
Ms. Susan Dusek
218-724-2213
sdusek33@aol.com
Region 3
The Rev. John Husband
218-847-4999
husband@arvig.net
Ms. Maren Kay Welsand
320-492-4026
ramkw@charter.net
Region 4
The Rev. John Robertson
507-697-6433
vicar@mchsi.com
Mr. Chuck Johnson
507-236-2223
chuck@northstar3c.com
Region 5
The Rev. Douglas Sparks
507-288-2469
rector@deskmedia.com
Ms. Patricia Dibble
507-634-4775
patdibble@charter.net
Region 6
The Rev. Mark Kelm
651-429-5351 x 11
revkelm@comcast.net
Ms. Martha Beckwith
651-739-0618
mjbeckwith@comcast.net
Region 7
The Rev. Rex McKee
612-386-4200
rex.mckee@gmail.com
Mr. Douglas Franzen
651-698-0832
djf@franzen-mn.com
Region 8
The Rev. Tom Eklo
612-869-7551 tjeklo@yahoo.com
Mr. Gary Aamodt
952-934-6429
glaamodt@earthlink.net
Region 9
The Rev. Andrew Waldo
952-474-5263
andrew@trinityexcelsior.org
Ms. Stacy Abena
952-922-2544
slammom@aol.com
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