Atlanta bishop among nominees to succeed Michael Curry, the Episcopal Church's first African American leader

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June 26th, 2024

Bishop Michael Curry speaks outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Sept. 22, 2021. The Episcopal Church, at its General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, is scheduled to elect a new leader Wednesday, June 26, 2024 to replace Curry, who for the past nine years has served as the first African American presiding bishop of the 239-year-old denomination. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Update: Atlanta’s Wright was not chosen to lead the church. Rowe was instead elected new leader, the youngest the Episcopal Church has had since 1879.

The Episcopal Church, at its General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, is scheduled to elect a new leader Wednesday to replace Michael Curry, who for the past nine years has served as the first African American presiding bishop of the 239-year-old denomination.

There are five nominees for presiding bishop, who serves as the Episcopalians‘ chief pastor, president and CEO.

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