Rev. Mike Girlinghouse

Acting Bishop

Pastor Mike Girlinghouse is a former bishop of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod of the ELCA.  He currently serves as the Chaplain of LCM Canterbury, the Lutheran-Episcopal campus ministry at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.  Prior to serving as bishop, Pastor Mike served as campus pastor in Nebraska, South Dakota and Oklahoma. Pastor Mike was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attended college at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN and seminary at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.  He is married and has one adult daughter.  

Grand Canyon Synod Staff