On June 28, 2020, the episcopal ordination of archimandrite Elisha (Germain) took place during the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Paris.

Metropolitan Jean of Dubna performed the consecration with the participation of metropolitan Anthony of Korsun and Western Europe, Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe, archbishop Nestor of Madrid and Lisbon, and the vicar of the Archdiocese of the Orthodox parishes of the Russian tradition Symeon, bishop, who was ordained a day earlier.

Bishop Elisha, vicar of the Western European Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been assigned the title of Reutov.

The events were broadcast on Orthodoxie.com.