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Elizabeth Eaton is the fourth Presiding Bishop (and the first female Presiding Bishop) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). She was elected on Wednesday August 14 2013 on the fifth ballot with 600 votes by the assembly with incumbent Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson having received 287 votes. She was consecrated as presiding bishop on October 5 2013 at Rockefeller Chapel in Hyde Park (Chicago IL). Chicago is also the location of the ELCA headquarters.