Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church
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The following is a list of the Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church (including the current Resident Bishops in each Episcopal Areas).
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[edit] Annual Conferences in the Jurisdiction Conference (Inside the U.S.)
The conferences are also be grouped into jurisdictions that appoint bishops for conferences within that jurisdiction. These jurisdictions are listed [1] as follows: ([2])
- North Central Jurisdiction
- Northeastern Jurisdiction
- South Central Jurisdiction
- Southeastern Jurisdiction
- Western Jurisdiction
[edit] North Central Jurisdiction
According to the UMC website [3], the North Central Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual conferences:
- Dakotas Conference—Bishop Deborah L. Kiesey (Dakotas) [4]
- Detroit Conference—Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton (Michigan) [5]
- East Ohio Conference—Bishop John L Hopkins [6]
- Indiana Conference—Bishop Michael J. Coyner [7]
- Minnesota Conference—Bishop Sally Dyck (Minnesota) [8]
- Northern Illinois Conference -- Bishop Hee-soo Jung (Chicago) [9]
- Illinois Great Rivers Conference [10] -- Bishop Gregroy V. Palmer (Illinois)
- Iowa Conference—Bishop Julius C. Trimble (Iowa) [11]
- West Michigan Conference—Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton [12]
- West Ohio Conference—Bishop Bruce R. Ough [13]
- Wisconsin Conference—Bishop Linda Lee [14]
[edit] Northeastern Jurisdiction
According to its website [15], the Northeastern Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual conferences:
- Baltimore-Washington Conference—Bishop John R. Schol (Washington) [16]
- Susquehanna Conference—Bishop Jane Allen Middleton (Harrisburg) [17]
- Eastern Pennsylvania—Bishop Peggy Johnson (Philadelphia) [18]
- Greater New Jersey - Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar [19]
- New England Annual Conference -- Bishop Peter Weaver (Boston Area) [20]
- New York Annual Conference—Bishop Jeremiah J. Park (New York)[21]
- Upper New York—Bishop Marcus Matthews [22]
- Peninsula-Delaware Conference— Bishop Peggy Johnson [23]
- West Virginia—Bishop Ernest S. Lyght [24]
- Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference-- Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton (Pittsburgh) [25]
[edit] Southeastern Jurisdiction
According to its website, [26] The Southeastern Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual Conferences:
- Alabama - West Florida Annual Conference—Bishop Paul L. Leeland (Alabama West-Florida) [27]
- Florida Conference—Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker (Florida) [28]
- Holston Conference—Bishop James E. Swanson, Sr. (TN) [29]
- Kentucky Conference—Bishop Lindsey Davis (Louisville) [30]
- Memphis—Bishop Richard J. Wills, Jr. [31] also Bishop of the Tennessee Conference.
- Mississippi Annual Conference—Bishop Hope Morgan Ward (Mississippi)[32]
- North Alabama Conference—Bishop William H. Willimon (Birmingham) [33]
- North Carolina Conference -- Bishop Alfred W. Gwinn, Jr (Raleigh) [34]
- North Georgia Conference -- Bishop B. Michael Watson [35]
- Red Bird Missionary
- South Carolina Conference -- Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor (Columbia) [36]
- South Georgia Conference—Bishop James R. King, Jr. (South Georgia) [37]
- Tennessee Conference—Bishop Richard Wills (Nashville) [38]
- Virginia Conference—Bishop Charlene P. Kammerer (Virginia)[39]
- Western North Carolina Conference -- Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster (Charlotte) [40]
[edit] South Central Jurisdiction
According to its website [41], the South Central Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual conferences:
- Central Texas Conference—Bishop J. Mike Lowry [42]
- Kansas East Conference—Bishop Scott J. Jones (Kansas) [43]
- Kansas West Conference—Bishop Scott J. Jones (Kansas) [44]
- Louisiana Conference—Bishop William Wayne Hutchinson (Louisiana Area) [45]
- Missouri Conference—Bishop Robert C. Schnase (Missouri) [46]
- Arkansas Conference—Bishop Charles Crutchfield (Little Rock) [47]
- Nebraska Conference—Bishop Ann Brookshire Sherer (Nebraska) [48]
- New Mexico Conference—Bishop D. Max Whitfield (Northwest Texas/New Mexico) [49]
- North Texas Conference—Bishop W. Earl Bledsoe (Dallas) [50]
- Northwest Texas Conference—Bishop D. Max Whitfield (Northwest Texas/New Mexico) [51]
- Oklahoma-Indian Missionary Conference—Bishop Robert Hayes, Jr. [52]
- Oklahoma Conference—Bishop Robert E. Hayes, Jr. [53]
- Rio Grande Conference—Bishop Jim Dorff (San Antonio) [54]
- Southwest Texas Conference—Bishop Jim Dorff (San Antonio) [55]
- Texas Conference—Bishop Janice Riggle Huie (Houston) [56]
[edit] Western Jurisdiction
According to its website [57], the "Western Jurisdiction" of the UMC consists of the following conferences:
- Alaska Conference—Bishop Grant J. Hagiya (Seattle) [58]
- California-Nevada Conference—Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr. (Sacramento) [59]
- California Pacific Conference—Bishop Mary Ann Swenson (Pasadena) [60]
- Desert Southwest Conference—Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño (Phoenix) [61]
- Oregon-Idaho Conference—Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata (Portland) [62]
- Pacific Northwest Conference—Bishop Grant J. Hagiya (Seattle) [63]
- Rocky Mountain Conference—Bishop Elaine Stanovsky (Denver) [64]
- Yellowstone Conference—Bishop Elaine Stanovsky (Denver) [65]
[edit] Annual Conferences in the Central Conferences (Outside the U.S.)
Outside the United States the church is divided into seven Central Conferences in three continents:
- Africa Central Conference
- Congo Central Conference
- West Africa Central Conference
- Central and Southern Europe Central Conference
- Germany Central Conference
- Northern Europe Central Conference
- Philippines Central Conference
[edit] Africa Central Conference
- Eastern Angola Episcopal Area : Bishop Jose Quipungo
- Eastern Angola Annual Conference
- East Africa Episcopal Area : Bishop Daniel A. Wandabula
- East Africa Annual Conference (includes Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda)
- Mozambique Episcopal Area : Bishop João Somane Machado
- Mozambique North Annual Conference
- Mozambique South Annual Conference
- South Africa Provisional
- Western Angola Episcopal Area : Bishop Gaspar Joao Domingos
- Western Angola Annual Conference
- Zimbabwe Episcopal Area : Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa
- East Zimbabwe Annual Conference
- West Zimbabwe Annual Conference
[edit] Congo Central Conference
- Central Congo Episcopal Area :Bishop David Kekumba Yemba
- Central Congo Annual Conference
- East Congo Annual Conference (Previously Northeast Congo)
- Kasai Provisional Annual Conference
- Kivu Provisional Annual Conference
- Oriental and Equator Annual Conference (Previously Upper Congo & Equator)
- West Congo Annual Conference
- North Katanga Episcopal Area : Bishop Nkulu Ntanda Ntambo
- North Katanga Annual Conference
- Tanganyika/Tanzania Annual Conference
- South Congo Episcopal Area : Bishop Kainda Katembo
- Lukoshi Annual Conference
- North-West Katanga Annual Conference
- South Congo Annual Conference
- South-West Katanga Annual Conference
[edit] West Africa Central Conference
- Liberia Episcopal Area : Bishop John Innis
- Liberia Annual Conference
- Nigeria Episcopal Area
- Nigeria Annual Conference
- Sierra Leone Episcopal Area : Bishop John Yambasu
- Sierra Leone Annual Conference
- Cote D'Ivoire Episcopal Area :Bishop Benjamin Boni
- Côte d'Ivoire Annual Conference
[edit] Central and Southern Europe Central Conference
- Central and Southern Europe Episcopal Area : Bishop Patrick Streiff [66]
- Austria Provisional Annual Conference
- Bulgaria Provisional Annual Conference
- Czech and Slovak Republics Annual Conference
- Hungary Provisional Annual Conference
- Poland Annual Conference
- Serbia-Montenegro/Republic of Macedonia Provisional Annual Conference
- Switzerland-France Annual Conference (includes Algeria District)
[edit] Germany Central Conference
- Germany Episcopal Area : Bishop Rosemarie Wenner [67]
- Germany East Annual Conference
- Germany North Annual Conference
- Germany South Annual Conference
[edit] Northern Europe Central Conference
- Eurasia Episcopal Area : Bishop Hans Växby ([68])
- Central Russia Annual Conference
- Eastern Russia and Central Asia Annual Conference
- Northwest Russia Provisional Annual Conference
- Southern Russia Annual Conference
- Ukraine and Moldova Annual Conference
- Nordic and Baltic Episcopal Area : Bishop Christian Alsted [69]
- Denmark Annual Conference
- Estonia Annual Conference
- Finland-Finnish Provisional Annual Conference
- Finland-Swedish Provisional Annual Conference
- Norway Annual Conference
- Sweden Annual Conference
[edit] Philippines Central Conference
- Baguio Episcopal Area : Bishop Rudoflo Juan
- Central Luzon Philippines Annual Conference
- North Central Philippines Annual Conference
- Northeast Philippines Annual Conference
- Northern Philippines Annual Conference
- Northwest Philippines Annual Conference
- Pangasinan Philippines Annual Conference
- Tarlac Philippines Annual Conference
- Northeast Luzon Philippines Annual Conference
- Davao Episcopal Area : Bishop Leo A. Soriano
- East Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference
- Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference
- Northwest Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference
- Southwest Philippines Annual Conference
- Palawan Philippines Annual Conference
- Visayas Philippines Annual Conference
- Manila Episcopal Area : Bishop Lito Tangonan
- Bicol Philippines Provisional Annual Conference
- Bulacan Philippines Annual Conference
- Middle Philippines Annual Conference
- Philippines Annual Conference
- Quezon City Philippines Annual Conference - East
- Rizal Philippines Annual Conference - East
- Southern Tagalog Provisional Philippines Annual Conference - East
- Pampango Philippines Annual Conference
- West Middle Philippines Annual Conference
[edit] Sources
- Conferences and bishops are from UMC homepage and are current as of April 2008.
- Context for Jurisdictions versus Conferences [70]
