Dan Selbo


Dan Selbo is an American Lutheran Bishop. He has been the third Bishop of the North American Lutheran Church, since his election on 9 August 2019. He followed the Rev. John Bradosky, who served as the bishop from 2011–2019. Selbo is married to Mary.

Ecclesiastical career

Selbo graduated from San Jose State University in San Jose, California in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies, and from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1986 with a Master of Divinity. In 2013, Selbo earned a Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Preaching from Luther Seminary.
He had 33 years of pastoral experience when he was elected the third Bishop of the NALC. He was senior pastor of St. Timothy's Lutheran Church in San Jose, California, dean of the NALC Central Pacific Mission District, and had served on the planning team that led to the creation of the North American Lutheran Church in June 2010.
He was elected the third Bishop of the North American Lutheran Church at its Convocation, which reunited over 800 Lutherans in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 9 August 2019, to serve for a four-year term. The Convocation was attended by representatives from a number of ecumenical partner churches, including the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, the Anglican Church in North America, the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the Common Ground Christian Network, the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum, the :de:Kirchliche Sammlung um Bibel und Bekenntnis|Church Coalition for the Bible and Confession, the :de:Konferenz Bekennender Gemeinschaften in den Evangelischen Kirchen Deutschlands|International Christian Network, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.