Largest US Lutheran denomination installs first Black presiding bishoptoggle caption Talia Sprague/APThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop Saturday, a landmark moment for the predominantly white denomination. Sponsor MessageA formal ceremony at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis kicked off Curry's six-year term, which began Oct. 1. Nelson Wesley Trout, the first Black ELCA synod bishop, and the Rev. Will Herzfeld, a Black presiding bishop for a predecessor ELCA denomination.