# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-a-eaton
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:42:35.942Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-a-eaton"
name: "Elizabeth A. Eaton"
slug: "elizabeth-a-eaton"
description: "Elizabeth Amy Eaton is an American bishop who served as the fourth Presiding Bishop, and the first female Presiding Bishop, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) from 2013 to 2025. She was first elected to this post in 2013 and was re-elected for a second term in 2019, serving until 2025. She was succeeded by Bishop Yehiel Curry of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod to be presiding bishop of the ELCA. Prior to becoming presiding bishop, she served as bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod."
tagline: "American bishop"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1955-04-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.84
  momentum:             3.95959595959596
  historical:           5.691542666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Eaton"
    title: "Elizabeth Eaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_A._Eaton"
    title: "Elizabeth A. Eaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Eaton"
    title: "Elizabeth Eaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Eaton"
    title: "Elizabeth Eaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Eaton"
    title: "Elizabeth Eaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Eaton"
    title: "Elizabeth Eaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14625046"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump