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
Bermuda, Delaware, New England, New Jersey, New York, Western New York, and Philadelphia

 

Bishop Reginald T. Jackson

SECOND 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
Baltimore, Washington, Virginia, North Carolina, and Western North Carolina

Bishop Stafford J. N. Wicker

THIRD DISTRICT

Order Elected: 137
Retirement Year: 2036
515 Executive Campus Drive, Suite 120
Westerville, OH 43082
(404) 379-1139
http://3rddistrictame.com
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
Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Canada, and India

Bishop Francine A. Brookins

FIFTH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 141
Retirement Year: 2048
4519 Admiralty Way, Suite 205
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
(310) 577-8530
(310) 577-8540 (FAX)
California, Southern California, Desert Mountain, Midwest, Missouri, and Pacific Northwest

 

Bishop Michael Leon Mitchell

SIXTH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 134
Retirement Year: 2036
250 Williams Street
Suite 2115
Atlanta, GA 30303
(770) 220-1770
(770) 220-9996 (FAX)
Georgia, Southwest Georgia, Atlanta-North, Macon, South Georgia, and Augusta

Bishop James Levert Davis

SEVENTH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 123
Retirement Year: 2028
110 Pisgah Church Road
Columbia, SC 29203
(803) 935-0500
(803) 935-0830 (FAX)
jld123bishop@yahoo.com

Palmetto South Carolina, South Carolina, Piedmont South Carolina, Northeast South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina, and Central South Carolina

Bishop Erika D. Crawford

EIGHTH 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
Bishopmcallisterjr144@gmail.com

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
Texas, Southwest Texas, North Texas, and Northwest Texas

Bishop Marvin Clyde Zanders II

ELEVENTH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 140
Retirement Year: 2040
101 East Union Street, Suite 301
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 355-8262
(904) 356-1617 (FAX)
bishopzanders140@gmail. com
Florida, Central, South, West Coast, East, Bahamas

Bishop Silvester S. Beaman

TWELFTH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 139
Retirement Year: 2036
520 North Locust Street
North Little Rock, AR 72114
(501) 375-4310
(501) 375-0306 (FAX)
bishop139@ssbeaman.com
Oklahoma State, Arkansas, East Arkansas, and West Arkansas

Bishop Harry Lee Seawright

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 133 
Retirement Year: 2032
900 13th Avenue South
Suite 210
Nashville, TN  37212

bishophls133@gmail.com

Kentucky, East Tennessee, Tennessee and West Tennessee

Bishop Paul J.M. Kawimbe

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 121
Retirement Year: 2036
371 Parsley Avenue
64 Deo Favere
Annlin, Pretoria 0182
South Africa
(011) 27-103126911

http://amec14.com
kawimbeforbishop@yahoo.com
Liberia, Central Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cote D’ Ivoire, and Togo-Benin

Bishop Henry Allen Belin III

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 146

Retirement Year: 2040

39 Kasselsvlei Road
Bellville
Cape Town, Western Cape
South Africa 7530
secretary@15thdistrict.co.za

Angola, Cape, Eastern Cape, Kalahari, Namibia, and Queenstown

Bishop Jeffrey Nathaniel Leath

SIXTEENTH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 128
Retirement Year: 2032
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
BishopJeffC147@gmail.com

 

District Office
FC James Centre
Mpilo Boulevard and A1
Maseru, Lesotho 223100
+26622320869

Botswana, Lesotho, Northeast Lesotho, Mozambique, and Swaziland

Bishop Wilfred Jacobus Messiah

NINETEENTH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 120
Retirement Year: 2028

https://www.ame19th.org
BishopMessiah120@gmail.com

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. Eason

TWENTIETH DISTRICT

Order Elected: 148
Retirement Year: 2036

P. O. Box 42466
Atlanta, GA 30311
(404) 683-5599
https://www.amec20.com

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

rwysayma@aol.com

Bishop Errenous E. McCloud Jr.

LOCATED

Order Elected: 127
Retirement Year: 2028

Retired Bishops of The Church




Frank Curtis Cummings

Bishop Frank Curtis Cummings

Order Elected: 95

4118 Paran Pines Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30327
(404) 266-3540
Email

Bishop Philip Robert Cousin Sr.

Order Elected: 96

1322 Rosemary Drive
Bolingbrook, IL 60490
(815) 577-9706
Email
Bishop John Richard Bryant

Bishop John Richard Bryant

Order Elected: 106

250 President Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Email
Robert Vaughn Webster

Bishop Robert Vaughn Webster

Order Elected: 110
Deceased 2024

Bishop Theodore Larry Kirkland

Bishop Theodore Larry Kirkland

Order Elected: 114

4127 Monteith Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90043
(323) 291-0498
Email

Bishop Adam J. Richardson Jr.

Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie

Order Elected: 117

110 Maryland Ave.
Suite 108
Washington, DC 20002
202-544-2350

Bishop Gregory G. M. Ingram

Order Elected: 118

4606 Forest Edge Lane
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
(248) 752-6559
bishopgregory118@aol.com

Bishop Preston Warren Williams II

Bishop Preston Warren Williams II

Order Elected: 119

233 Holladay Road
Columbia, SC 29223
Email
Carolyn Tyler Guidry

Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry

Order Elected: 122

6568 Foggy Oak Drive
Fairburn, GA 30213
(323) 574-4332
Girlbishop122@aol.com

Bishop Julius Harrison McAllister, Sr.

Order Elected: 129

Bishop John Franklin White

Order Elected: 130

Bishop Clement W. Fugh

Order Elected: 131
900 13th Avenue South
Suite 240
Nashville, TN 37212
629-203-6723

bishopfugh131@gmail.com

Bishop E. Anne Henning-Byfield

Order Elected: 135
Deceased 2024

Bishop Frank Madison Reid III

Order Elected: 138

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