This year the ELCA celebrated 50 years of ordaining women, 40 years of ordaining women of color, and 10 years of ordaining LGBTQIA+.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 9, 2019
2019 also marked the election of the first female, Laurie Larson Caesar, to hold the office of bishop for the Oregon synod! In fact, all the bishops elected in 2019 are women!
2019 ELCA bishops who happen to be women 
New class of 2019 bishops, who ALL happen to be women
