Deborah Kiesey
Bishop
Appointment: Retired 2016
Iowa City, IA
Bishop Deborah Lieder Kiesey retired from her appointment to the Michigan Conference in 2016. In 2022 she returned from retirement to serve the Dakotas and Iowa Conferences as interim bishop. Working with the NCJ College of Bishops, the Executive Committee of the Council of Bishops approved Bishop Deborah Kiesey to provide episcopal leadership for the Iowa and Dakotas Conferences.
Elected to the episcopacy in 2004, Bishop Deb is no stranger to either conference. From 2004 to 2012, she served as the episcopal leader of the Dakotas Area.