On November 1, 2015--All Saints' Day--the Most Reverend Michael B. Curry, Bishop of North Carolina, was instituted as the first African American Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) and a Primate in the world-wide Anglican Communion. The ceremony took place in a solemn Eucharistic celebration at National Cathedral at noon.
Procession of the 155 bishops of the Episcopal Church at the beginning of the Consecration Eucharist at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul--the National Cathedral--in Washington, D.C.
Newly consecrated Presiding Bishop and Anglican Primate, the Most Reverend Michael B. Curry, gives the episcopal blessing at the conclusion of the Institution Eucharist at National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
