Elizabeth Eaton

Elizabeth Amy Eaton is an American bishop who served as the fourth Presiding Bishop, and the first female Presiding Bishop, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) from 2013 to 2025. She was first elected to this post in 2013 and was re-elected for a second term in 2019, serving until 2025. She was succeeded by Bishop Yehiel Curry of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod to be presiding bishop of the ELCA. Prior to becoming presiding bishop, she served as bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod.