The Rev. Stacie Fidlar was elected on June 18, 2022, to serve a six-year term as the fourth bishop of the Northern Illinois Synod. Her term of service as Bishop of the Synod began on September 1, 2022.
As bishop of the Northern Illinois Synod, Bishop Fidlar serves as the Synod’s pastor of Word and Sacrament. She is the Synod’s President and Chief Executive and Administrative Officer, spiritual leader, preacher, and teacher. Bishop Fidlar is honored to serve as one of the Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Board of Directors including serving as a member of its Executive Committee. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Augustana College in Rock Island, which includes serving on the Students First Committee, and the Region 5 representative on the Board of Directors of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, serving on the Executive Committee.
Bishop Fidlar earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion with Asian Studies concentration from Augustana College in Rock Island, IL in 1991 and her Master of Divinity degree from Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in 1995. She participated in the Shalem Institute Group Leaders Program in 2002 and participates in ongoing continuing education with foci on leadership, spirituality, and foundation management. Bishop Fidlar served as pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Rock Island, IL from 1999-2022; as pastor of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Seneca, IL from 1995-1999; and as interim pastor of St. James Lutheran Church in Forreston, IL in 1995.
