List of presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Presiding Bishop by Election

List of presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Section Title: Presiding Bishop by Election
Table Section Text: None

#	Presiding Bishop	Image	Took office	Left office	Previous diocese	Length of term

16	John Gardner Murray	JGMurray.JPG	January 1, 1926	October 3, 1929	Maryland	3 years, 275 days

17	Charles P. Anderson	CharlesPalmerstonAnderson.JPG	November 13, 1929	January 30, 1930	Chicago	78 days

18	James DeWolf Perry	-	March 26, 1930	December 31, 1937	Rhode Island	7 years, 280 days

19	Henry St. George Tucker	-	January 1, 1938	December 31, 1946	Virginia	8 years, 364 days

20	Henry Knox Sherrill	January 1, 1947	November 14, 1958	Massachusetts	11 years, 317 days

21	Arthur C. Lichtenberger	-	November 15, 1958	October 12, 1964	Missouri	5 years, 332 days

22	John E. Hines	January 1, 1965	May 31, 1974	Texas	9 years, 150 days

23	John Allin	-	June 1, 1974	December 31, 1985	Mississippi	11 years, 213 days

24	Edmond L. Browning	-	January 1, 1986	December 31, 1997	Hawaii	11 years, 364 days

25	Frank T. Griswold	-	January 1, 1998	November 1, 2006	Chicago	8 years, 304 days

26	Katharine Jefferts Schori	JeffertsSchori.JPG	November 1, 2006	November 1, 2015	Nevada	9 years, 0 days

27	Michael Bruce Curry	-	November 1, 2015	North Carolina

Sentence(s)

Curry was the 27th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.

final_sentence: Curry was the 27th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.