General Superintendent (Church of the Nazarene)

General Superintendent is the highest elected office within the Church of the Nazarene. General Superintendents are elected by the General Assembly of the denomination for a four year term to expire at the end of the next General Assembly.

List of General Superintendents

General Superintendent	Born - Died	Tenure
Phineas F. Bresee	1838-1915	1895-1915
Hiram F. Reynolds	1854-1938	1907-1932
Edgar P. Ellyson	1869-1954	1908-1911
Edward F. Walker	1852-1918	1911-1918
William C. Wilson	1866-1915	1915
John W. Goodwin	1869-1945	1916-1940
Roy T. Williams	1883-1946	1916-1946
J. B. Chapman	1884-1947	1928-1947
Joseph G. Morrison	1871-1939	1936-1939
Howard V. Miller	1894-1948	1940-1948
Orval J. Nease	1891-1950	1940-1944, 1948-1950
Hardy C. Powers	1900-1972	1944-1968
Gideon B. Williamson	1898-1981	1946-1968
Samuel Young	1901-1990	1948-1972
Daniel I. Vanderpool	1891-1988	1949-1964
Hugh C. Benner	1899-1975	1952-1968
V. H. Lewis	1912-2000	1960-1985
George Coulter	1911-1995	1960-1985
Edward G. Lawlor	1907-1987	1968-1976
Eugene L. Stowe	1922-	1968-1993
Orville W. Jenkins	1913-2007	1968-1985
Charles H. Strickland	1916-1988	1972-1988
William M. Greathouse	1919-	1976-1989
Jerald D. Johnson	1927-	1980-1997
Raymond W. Hurn	1921-	1985-1993
John A. Knight	1931-2009	1985-2001
Donald D. Owens	1926-	1989-1997
William J. Prince	1930-	1989-2001
James H. Diehl	1937-	1993-2009
Paul G. Cunningham	1937-	1993-2009
Jerry D. Porter	1949-	1997-
Jim L. Bond	1936-	1997-2005
W. Talmadge Johnson	1937-	2001-2005
Jesse C. Middendorf	1942-	2001-
Nina G. Gunter	1940-	2005-2009
J. K. Warrick	1945-	2005-
Eugenio Duarte	-	2009-
John C. Bowling	-	2009-