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Northeastern Jurisdiction

Albany Area -  Susan Morrison
Troy and Wyoming Conferences
Boston Area - Susan Hassinger
New England Conference
Harrisburg Area - Neil Irons
Central Pennsylvania Conference
New Jersey Area - Alfred Johnson
Northern New Jersey and Southern New Jersey Conferences
New York Area - Ernest Lyght
New York Conference
New York West Area - Violet Fisher
North Central New York and Western New York Conferences
Philadelphia Area - Peter Weaver
Eastern Pennsylvania and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences
Pittsburgh Area - Hae-Jong Kim
Western Pennsylvania Conference
Washington Area - Felton May
Baltimore-Washington Conference
West Virginia Area - S. Clifton Ives
West Virginia Conference

North Central Jurisdiction

Chicago Area - Joseph C. Sprague
Northern Illinois Conference
Dakotas Area - Michael J. Coyner
Dakotas Conference
Illinois Area - Sharon Brown Christopher
Illinois Great River Conference
Indiana Area - Woodie W. White
North Indiana and South Indiana Conferences
Iowa Area - Gregory V. Palmer
Iowa Conference
Michigan Area - Linda Lee
Detroit and West Michigan Conferences
Minnesota Area - John L. Hopkins
Minnesota Conference
Ohio East Area - Jonathan D. Keaton
East Ohio Conference
Ohio West Area - Bruce R. Ough
West Ohio Conference
Wisconsin Area - Sharon Z. Rader
Wisconsin Conference


South Central Jurisdiction

Arkansas Area - Janice Riggle Huie
Little Rock and North Arkansas Conferences
Dallas Area - William B. Oden
North Texas Conference
Fort Worth Area - Ben Chamness
Central Texas Conference
Houston Area - Alfred Norris
Texas Conference
Kansas Area - A. Frederick Mutti
Kansas East and Kansas West Conferences
Louisiana Area - William W. Hutchinson Louisiana Conference
Missouri Area - Ann B. Sherer
Missouri East and Missouri West Conferences
Nebraska Area - Rhymes H. Moncure, Jr.
Nebraska Conference
Northwest Texas/New Mexico Area - D. Max Whitfield
New Mexico and Northwest Texas Conferences
Oklahoma Area - Bruce P. Blake
Oklahoma and Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conferences
San Antonio Area - Joel N. Martinez
Rio Grande and Southwest Texas Conferences


Southeastern Jurisdiction

Alabama-West Florida Area - Larry M. Goodpaster
Alabama-West Florida Conference
Birmingham Area - Robert E. Fannin
North Alabama Conference
Charlotte Area - Charlene Kammerer
Western North Carolina Conference
Columbia Area - J. Lawrence McCleskey
South Carolina Conference
Florida Area - Timothy W. Whitaker
Florida Conference
Holston Area - Ray W. Chamberlain, Jr.
Holston Conference
Louisville Area - James R. King, Jr.
Kentucky and Red Bird Missionary Conferences
Mississippi Area - Kenneth L. Carder
Mississippi Conference
Nashville Area - William W. Morris
Memphis and Tennessee Conferences
North Georgia Area - Lindsey Davis
North Georgia Conference
Raleigh Area - Marion M. Edwards
North Carolina Conference
Richmond Area - Joe E. Pennel, Jr.
Virginia Conference
South Georgia Area - B. Michael Watson
South Georgia Conference

 
Western Jurisdiction

Denver Area - Warner H. Brown Jr.
Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone Conference
Los Angeles Area - Mary Ann Swenson
California-Pacific Conference
Phoenix Area - William W. Dew Jr.
Desert Southwest Conference
Portland Area - Edward Paup
Alaska Missionary and Oregon-Idaho Conference
San Francisco Area -  Beverly Shamana
California-Nevada Conference
Seattle Area - Elias G. Galvan
Pacific Northwest Conference 
Retired Bishops

Bishop Melvin G. Talbert

 

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