Bishops of The Church
The Bishops are the Chief Officers of the Connectional Organization. They are elected for life by a majority vote of the General Conference which meets every four years. Bishops shall be retired at that General Conference when the Bishop’s seventy-third (73rd) birthday is on or before July 15th of the General Conference Year.
Bishop Samuel Lawrence Green Sr.FIRST DISTRICT
Order Elected: 125 Retirement Year: 2036 3801 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 662-0506 (215) 662-0199 (FAX) http://www.firstdistrictamec.org [email protected] Bermuda, Delaware, New England, New Jersey, New York, Western New York, and Philadelphia |
Bishop Reginald T. JacksonSECOND DISTRICT
Order Elected: 132 Retirement Year: 2028 1134 11th Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 (202) 842-3788 (202) 289-1942 (FAX) https://www.ame2.com [email protected] Baltimore, Washington, Virginia, North Carolina, and Western North Carolina |
Bishop Stafford J. N. WickerTHIRD DISTRICT
Order Elected: 137 Retirement Year: 2036 515 Executive Campus Drive, Suite 120 Westerville, OH 43082 (404) 379-1139 http://3rddistrictame.com [email protected] Pittsburgh-West Virginia, Ohio-South Ohio, and North Ohio |
Bishop Frederick Alan Wright Sr.FOURTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 142 Retirement Year: 2032 4448 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60653 (773) 955-9625 (773) 955-9840 (FAX) https://www.ame4th.org [email protected] Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Canada, and India |
Bishop Francine A. BrookinsFIFTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 141 Retirement Year: 2048 4519 Admiralty Way, Suite 205 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 (310) 577-8530 (310) 577-8540 (FAX) https://www.ame5.org [email protected] California, Southern California, Desert Mountain, Midwest, Missouri, and Pacific Northwest |
Bishop Michael Leon MitchellSIXTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 134 Retirement Year: 2036 50 Sunset Avenue NW P. O. Box 92444 Atlanta, GA 30314-4123 (770) 220-1770 (770) 220-9996 (FAX) https://www.ame6.church bishopmitchell134@gmail. com Georgia, Southwest Georgia, Atlanta-North, Macon, South Georgia, and Augusta |
Bishop James Levert DavisSEVENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 123 Retirement Year: 2028 110 Pisgah Church Road Columbia, SC 29203 (803) 935-0500 (803) 935-0830 (FAX) https://www.amec7.com/ [email protected] Palmetto South Carolina, South Carolina, Piedmont South Carolina, Northeast South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina, and Central South Carolina |
Bishop Erika D. CrawfordEIGHTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 143 Retirement Year: 2048 5450 Executive Place Jackson, MS 39206 (601) 366-8240 (601) 366-8175 (FAX) https://8thdistrictame.org South Mississippi, North Mississippi, Central North Louisiana, and Louisiana |
Bishop Julius H. McAllister Jr.NINTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 144 Retirement Year: 2044 1040 19th Street North Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 326-4499 (205) 326-4434 (FAX) https://www.ninthamechurch.org [email protected] Alabama River Region, Southeast Alabama, Northeast Alabama, Southwest Alabama, Northwest Alabama |
Bishop Ronnie E. Brailsford Sr.TENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 136 Retirement Year: 2032 4347 S. Hampton Road, Suite 245 Dallas, TX 75232 (214) 333-2632 (214) 333-1960 (FAX) https://www.10thdistrictame.org [email protected] Texas, Southwest Texas, North Texas, and Northwest Texas |
Bishop Marvin Clyde Zanders IIELEVENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 140 Retirement Year: 2040 101 East Union Street, Suite 301 Jacksonville, FL 32202 (904) 355-8262 (904) 356-1617 (FAX) https://www.ame11th.org bishopzanders140@gmail. com Florida, Central, South, West Coast, East, Bahamas |
Bishop Silvester S. BeamanTWELFTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 139 Retirement Year: 2036 520 North Locust Street North Little Rock, AR 72114 (501) 375-4310 (501) 375-0306 (FAX) https://www.ame12.org [email protected] Oklahoma State, Arkansas, East Arkansas, and West Arkansas |
Bishop Harry Lee SeawrightTHIRTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 133 Retirement Year: 2032 900 13th Avenue South Suite 210 Nashville, TN 37212 [email protected] https://www.13thdistrictame.org/ Kentucky, East Tennessee, Tennessee and West Tennessee |
Bishop Paul J.M. KawimbeFOURTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 121 Retirement Year: 2036 371 Parsley Avenue 64 Deo Favere Annlin, Pretoria 0182 South Africa (011) 27-103126911 [email protected] Liberia, Central Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cote D’ Ivoire, and Togo-Benin |
Bishop Henry Allen Belin IIIFIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 146 Retirement Year: 2040 39 Kasselsvlei Road Bellville Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa 7530 [email protected] Angola, Cape, Eastern Cape, Kalahari, Namibia, and Queenstown |
Bishop Jeffrey Nathaniel LeathSIXTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 128 Retirement Year: 2032 267-579-2558 [email protected] Guyana/Suriname, Virgin Islands, European, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Winward Islands |
Bishop Vernon R. Byrd Jr.SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 145 Retirement Year: 2032 Congo River, Kananga, Mbuji Mayi, Katanga, Great Lakes, East Africa, Burundi, Northwest Zambia, Zambezi, Southeast Zambia, Southwest Zambia, Northeast Zambia |
Bishop Jeffery B. Cooper Sr.EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 147 Retirement Year: 2032 (909) 561-7949 [email protected] District Office FC James Centre Mpilo Boulevard and A1 Maseru, Lesotho 223100 +26622320869 Botswana, Lesotho, Northeast Lesotho, Mozambique, and Swaziland |
Bishop Wilfred Jacobus MessiahNINETEENTH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 120 Retirement Year: 2028 https://www.ame19th.org [email protected] District Office HB Senatle Centre 18 Cor. Phillips & Anderson Street Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa, 2094 +27 (0) 11 334 7258 Orangia, Natal, M.M. Mokone Memorial Conference, East, West |
Bishop Gregory V. EasonTWENTIETH DISTRICT
Order Elected: 148 Retirement Year: 2036 P. O. Box 42466 Atlanta, GA 30311 (404) 683-5599 Malawi North, Malawi South, Malawi Central, Northeast Zimbabwe, Southwest Zimbabwe, Central Zimbabwe |
Bishop David Rwhynica Daniels Jr.ECUMENICAL OFFICE
Order Elected: 124 Retirement Year: 2032 301 Garvey Circle, Columbia, SC 29203 (803) 466-7130 [email protected] |
Bishop Errenous E. McCloud Jr.LOCATED
Order Elected: 127 Retirement Year: 2028 |
Retired Bishops of The Church
Bishop Frank Curtis Cummings
Order Elected: 95
Deceased 2025 |
Bishop Philip Robert Cousin Sr. |
Bishop John Richard Bryant |
Bishop Robert Vaughn WebsterOrder Elected: 110
Deceased 2024 |
Bishop Theodore Larry Kirkland |
Bishop Adam J. Richardson Jr.Order Elected: 115
[email protected] |
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzieOrder Elected: 117
110 Maryland Ave. Suite 108 Washington, DC 20002 202-544-2350 [email protected] [email protected] |
Bishop Gregory G. M. Ingram |
Bishop Preston Warren Williams II |
Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry |
Bishop Julius Harrison McAllister, Sr.Order Elected: 129
[email protected] |
Bishop John Franklin WhiteOrder Elected: 130
[email protected] |
Bishop Clement W. Fugh |
Bishop E. Anne Henning-ByfieldOrder Elected: 135
Deceased 2024 |
Bishop Frank Madison Reid III
Order Elected: 138
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