The Rt. Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, was elected the 27th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church on the first ballot on June 27.
Bishop Curry, 62, is the first African-American to be elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Read the full news release here.
The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have been Full Communion partners since 1999. Read a brief history of this full communion partnership here.
