The
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (;
LELBA) is a
Lutheran denomination, formed in 1957 as a federation, and reorganized in 1975 as a formal denomination. In 1978 Lauma Lagzdins Zusevics was ordained as the first woman to serve as a full-time minister for the LELBA. In 2014 she became the first female Lutheran bishop in Latvian history, as the
Church of Latvia proper does not currently recognize
women's ordination.