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United Methodist jurisdictional conferences elect 21 bishops United Methodist jurisdictional conferences elect 21 bishops

Every four years during July, a new cadre of bishops joins the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church.

This year, 1,600 United Methodists elected 21 new bishops in five geographic conferences across the United States July 12-17. The new bishops will join 29 others in the United States.
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Elected Bishops
The Rev. Thomas J. Bickerton
The Rev. Minerva Carcano
The Rev. Charles N. Crutchfield
The Rev. Sudarshana Devadhar
The Rev. Sally Dyck
The Rev. Alfred Gwinn
The Rev. Robert Hayes Jr.
The Rev. Robert Hoshibata
The Rev. Scott J. Jones
The Rev. Hee-Soo Jung
The Rev. Deborah Kiesey
The Rev. Marcus Matthews
The Rev. Jane Allen Middleton
The Rev. Jeremiah Park
The Rev. John Schol
The Rev. Robert C. Schnase
The Rev. James Swanson Sr.
The Rev. Mary Virginia Taylor
The Rev. Hope Morgan Ward
The Rev. William H. Willimon
The Rev. Richard J. Wills, Jr.
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