African Methodist Episcopal Church

Directory - Presiding Bishops

Office of Ecumenical & Urban Affairs
	John Franklin White	Mailing Address: P.O. Box 277718 Miramar, FL 33027 Office Address: 4601 Sheridan Street Suite 318 Hollywood, FL 33021	(954) 416-5133 (954) 989-2277 – FAX bishopwhite130@aol.com www.ameecumenicalaffairs.org

First Episcopal District
	Richard Franklin Norris	3801 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104	215-662-0506 215-662-0199 – FAX bishopnorris116@aol.com www.1stdistrict-ame.com
Conferences (7): Bermuda, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Western New York, New England and Philadelphia
Second Episcopal District
	Adam Jefferson Richardson Jr.	1134 11th Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001	(202) 842-3788 (202) 289-1942 – FAX www.2ndamec.org

Conferences (5): Baltimore, Washington, Virginia, North Carolina and Western North Carolina

Third Episcopal District
	Cornal Garnett Henning Sr.	288 South Hamilton Road Columbus, OH 43213-2034	614-575-2279 614-575-2375 – FAX www.thirddistrictame.org
Conferences (5): Ohio, Pittsburgh, North Ohio, South Ohio and West Virginia
Fourth Episcopal District
	John Richard Bryant	5627 S. Michigan Ave. 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60637	773-955-9825 773-955-9840 – FAX 4thadministrator@sbcglobal.net
Conferences (5): Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, Michigan and Canada
Fifth Episcopal District
	Theodore Larry Kirkland	4519 Admiralty Way Marina Del Ray, CA 90292	310-577-8530 310-577-8540 – FAX bishoptkirkland@aol.com www.amec5th.net
Conferences (7): California, Southern California, Desert Mountain, India, Midwest, Missouri, and Pacific Northwest
Sixth Episcopal District
	William Phillips DeVeaux Sr.	2900 Chamblee-Tucker Road Building 3 Atlanta, GA 30341-4156	770-220-1770 770-220-9996 – FAX sixdistr@bellsouth.net www.sixthepiscopaldistrict.org
Conferences (6): Georgia, Southwest Georgia, Atlanta-North, Macon, South Georgia and Augusta
Seventh Episcopal District
	Preston Warren Williams II	110 Pisgah Church Road Columbia, SC 29203	803-935-0500 803-935-0830 – FAX bishop@ame7.org www.ame7.org
Conferences (6): Palmetto, South Carolina, Columbia, Piedmont, Northeast South Carolina and Central South Carolina.
Eighth Episcopal District
	Carolyn Tyler Guidry	Office Address: 5450 Executive Place Jackson, MS 39206 Residence: 201 Sawbridge Drive Ridgeland, MS 39157	601-366-8240 – Office 601-366-8175 – FAX 601-605-0068 – Home eighthdistamec08@aol.com www.8thdistrictamec.com
Conferences (4): South Mississippi, North Mississippi, Central North Louisiana, and Louisiana
Ninth Episcopal District
	James Levert Davis	Office Address: 1040 19th Street North Birmingham, AL 35203 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 11705 Birmingham, AL 35202	205-326-4499 – Office 205-326-4434 – FAX jld123bishop@yahoo.com www.ninthamec.org
Conferences (6): Alabama, North Alabama, Central Alabama, East Alabama, South Alabama and West Alabama
Tenth Episcopal District
	Gregory Gerald McKinley Ingram	4347 S Hampton Rd. Suite 245 Dallas, TX 75232	214-333-2632 214-333-1960 – FAX www.amec-10thdist.org
Conferences (4): Texas, Southwest Texas, North Texas and Northwest Texas
Eleventh Episcopal District
	McKinley Young	101 East Union Street Suite 301 Jacksonville, FL 32202	904-355-8262 904-356-1617 – FAX bishopyoung@bellsouth.net www.11thdistrictamec.org
Conferences (6): Florida Conference, Central Conference, South Conference, West Coast Conference, East Conference, Bahamas Conference
Twelfth Episcopal District
	Samuel Lawrence Green Sr.	P. O. Box 147 Little Rock, AR 72203-0147	501-375-4310 501-375-0306 – FAX districtoffice@12thdistrictame.com bishopsam@12thdistrictame.com www.12thdistrictame.com
Conferences (7): Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma, Arkansas, West Arkansas, Central Arkansas, East Northeast Arkansas, and South Arkansas
Thirteenth Episcopal District
	Vashti Murphy McKenzie	500 8th Avenue, S Nashville, TN 37203	615-242-6814 615-242-2496 – FAX kergyma00@aol.com www.13thame.com
Conferences (5): Tennessee, East Tennessee, West Tennessee, Kentucky and West Kentucky
Fourteenth Episcopal District
	David Rwhynica Daniels Jr	34 Camp Johnson Rd. Monrovia, Liberia West Africa	011-377-467-565-679 (cell-Liberia) 011-233-27-713-6785 (cell-Ghana) rwysayma@aol.com www.14thamec.org
Conferences (7): Liberia, Central Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cote D' Ivoire and Togo-Benin
Fifteenth Episcopal District
	Wilfred Jacobus Messiah	Episcopal Residence:
		38 Everglen Manor Eversdal Road Durbanville, 7550 R.S.A.	+ 27 21 979 3505 – Home + 27 21 951 4371 – FAX wjmessiah2004@yahoo.com
		District Office:
		39 Kasselsvlei Rd Bellville South 7530 R.S.A. Or: P.O. Box 309 Kasselsvlei 7533	+27 21 951 4230 – Office ext 12 +27 21 951 4371 – FAX www.15thdistrict.co.za
Conferences (5): Angola, Cape, Eastern Cape, Kalahari, Namibia, and Queenstown
Sixteenth Episcopal District
	Sarah Frances Davis	4A Widcombe Road, #12 Kingston 6, Jamaica, West Indies	(876) 702-2818 – JA (713) 628-9828 – Cell bishopsarahfdavis@yahoo.com www.ame16th.com
		U.S. Address: 16th Episcopal District AMEC P.O. Box 821308 Houston, TX 77281-1308 (713) 628-9828 (cell)
Conferences (7): Guyana/Suriname, Virgin Islands, European, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Winward Islands
Seventeenth Episcopal District
	Paul J. M. Kawimbe	Mailing Address: AME Church 17th Episcopal District P.O. Box 36628 Lusaka, Zambia Street Address : AME Church Indeco House 16th Floor Western Wing Cairo Road Lusaka 10101 Residence Mailing Address: P.O. Box 33341 Lusaka, Zambia	011-260-1225967 – Phone/FAX 011-260-97630894 – Home www.amec3000.org/17th_District/
Conferences (13): Southeast Zambia, Southwest Zambia, Northeast Zambia, Northwest Zambia, Zambezi, Congo Brazzaville, Katanga, Kananga, Kinshasa, Mbuji-mayi, Rwanda and Burundi
Eighteenth Episcopal District
	E. Earl McCloud Jr	P. O. Box 223 Maseru, 100 Lesotho Southern Africa U.S.: P. O. Box 310043 Atlanta, GA 31131-0043 (404) 691-1091	(011) 266-22-320869 – Office (011) 266-22-310548 – FAX (011) 266-22-311801 – SA Home (011) 266-22-327937 – SA FAX emccloudjr@aol.com www.18thDistrictamec.org
Conferences (5): Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique and Northeast Lesotho
Nineteenth Episcopal District
	Jeffrey Nathaniel Leath	18 Cor. Phillips & Anderson P.O. Box 261306 Ex Com 2023 Johannesburg, RSA	(011) 27-11-334-7258 – Office (011) 27-11-334-7120 – FAX jeffreynleath@aol.com
		Residence: 3037 West Queen Lane Philadelphia, PA 19129 (215) 848-9548 - Home
Conferences (5): Orangia, Natal, M.M. Mokone Memorial Conference, East, West
Twentieth Episcopal District
	Julius Harrison McAllister	2710 Olde Mill Rd Florence, SC 29505	1 (843) 992-2143 BishopJulius129@aol.com
Conferences (6): Malawi North, Malawi South, Malawi Central, Northeast Zimbabwe, Southwest Zimbabwe, Central Zimbabwe

Retired Bishops
	John Hurst Adams	2500 Peachtree Road, NW #206N Atlanta, GA 30305	(404) 467-8533 (404) 523-2061 – FAX
	Richard Allen Hildebrand	2915 Park Square Place Fernandina Beach, FL 32034	(904) 261-8848 (904) 277-8407
	Frederick Hilborn Talbot	P.O. Box 843 Brentwood, TN 37024	(615) 429-0081
	Hamel Hartford Brookins	3210 West Adams Apt. 304 Los Angeles, CA 90018	(323) 735-5373
	Vinton Randolph Anderson	22 West Sherwood Drive St. Louis, MO 63114	(314) 427-2711 (314) 427-4794 – FAX vander2201@aol.com
	Frederick Calhoun James	3700 Forest Drive #420 Columbia, SC 29204	(803) 787-8201 (803) 787-8215 – FAX Biographical Sketch
	Frank Curtis Cummings	4118 Paran Pines Dr. Atlanta, GA 30327	(404) 266-3540 FrankCummings@bellsouth.net
	Philip Robert Cousin Sr.	1322 Rosemary Drive Bolingbrook, IL 60490	(815) 577-9706
	James Haskell Mayo		Deceased - October 6th, 2009
	Henry Allen Belin Jr.	4570 Regency Trace, SW Atlanta, GA 30331	(404) 349-4314 – Home/FAX hallenbjr@aol.com
	Vernon Randolph Byrd		Deceased - May 5th, 2009
	Richard Allen Chappelle Sr.	6753 Ryan Crest Drive Florissant, MO 63033	(314) 653-2637 (314) 741-0692 – FAX rachappelle@att.net
	Robert Vaughn Webster	4710 University Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32277	(904) 744-0933
	Zedekiah LaZett Grady	1 Wespanee Drive Charleston, SC 29407	(843) 766-9569 (843) 556-8659 – FAX


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