When Bishop G.E. Patterson (his predecessor) died on March 20, 2007, Bishop Blake assumed the office of Presiding Bishop. But then in November of 2008, he was formally elected as Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, therefore succeeding Bishop Patterson as the presiding bishop. So, in a short answer, he was elected in November of 2008.

The Presiding Bishop is the Chief Apostle of the Church of God In Christ. He is the leader of the church. Bishop Charles E. Blake of Los Angeles, California is the Presiding Bishop of the Church

Bishop Charles Harrison Mason 1866-1961

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Bishop Charles Blake is the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., a six-million-member Pentecostal-Holiness denomination.