Jurisdictional Conferences Of The United Methodist Church

The following is a list of the s of the United Methodist Church .

CONFERENCE LISTINGS

There are several kinds of Conferences; General Conference is the highest deliberative body for the United Methodist Church, Annual Conference s are within the US. Central Conferences are outside the US.

Annual Conferences

Alabama - West Florida Annual Conference -- Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster (Alabama West-Florida) {Link without Title}

Alaska Missionary Conference -- Bishop Edward Paup (Seattle) {Link without Title}

Arkansas Coonference -- Bishop Charles Crutchfield (Little Rock) {Link without Title}

Baltimore-Washington Conference -- Bishop John R. Schol (Washington) {Link without Title}

California-Nevada Conference -- Bishop Beverly J. Shamana (Stockton, CA) {Link without Title}

California Pacific Conference -- Bishop Mary Ann Swenson (includes Hawaii District) {Link without Title}

Central Pennsylvania Conference -- Bishop Jane Allen Middleton (Harrisburg) {Link without Title}

Central Texas Conference -- Bishop Ben R. Chamness

Dakotas Conference -- Bishop Deborah L. Kiesey (Dakotas) {Link without Title}

Detroit Conference -- Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton (Michigan) {Link without Title}

Desert Southwest Conference -- Bishop Minerva G. Carcano (Phoenix) {Link without Title}

East Ohio Conference-- Bishop John L Hopkins {Link without Title}

Eastern Pennsylvania -- Bishop Marcus Matthews (Philadelphia) {Link without Title}

Florida Conference -- Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker (Florida) {Link without Title}

Greater New Jersey - Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar {Link without Title}

Holston Conference -- Bishop James E. Swanson, Sr. (TN) {Link without Title}

Illinois Great Rivers Conference {Link without Title} -- Bishop Sharon A. Brown Christopher (Illinois)

Iowa Conference -- Bishop Gregory V. Palmer (Iowa) {Link without Title}

Kansas East Conference -- Bishop Scott Jones {Link without Title}

Kansas West Conference -- Bishop Scott J. Jones (Kansas) {Link without Title}

Kentucky Conference -- Bishop James R. King (Louisville) {Link without Title}

Louisiana Conference -- Bishop William Wayne Hutchinson (Louisiana Area ) {Link without Title}

Mississippi Annual Conference -- Bishop Hope Morgan Ward (Mississippi) {Link without Title}

Nebraska Conference -- Bishop Ann Brookshire Sherer (Nebraska) {Link without Title}

Minnesota Conference -- Bishop Sally Dyck (Minnesota) {Link without Title}

Missouri Conference -- Bishop Robert C. Schnase (Missouri) {Link without Title}

New England -- Bishop Peter Weaver (Boston Area) {Link without Title}

New Mexico Conference -- Nominated Bishop Rev. Charles N. Crutchfield [http://www.nmconfum.com/]

New York Annual Conference -- Bishop Jeremiah J. Park (New York) {Link without Title}

North Alabama Conference -- Bishop William H. Willimon (Birmingham) {Link without Title}

North Georgia Conference -- Bishop Lindsey G. Davis {Link without Title}

North Indiana Conference -- Bishop Michael J. Coyner (Indiana Area ) [http://www.nicumc.org/

North Central New York -- Bishop Violet L. Fisher {Link without Title}

North Texas Conference -- Bishop Alfred Norris (Dallas) {Link without Title}

Northern Illinois Conference -- Bishop Hee-soo Jung (Chicago) {Link without Title}

Northwest Texas Conference -- Bishop D. Max Whitfield (Northwest Texas/New Mexico) {Link without Title}

Oklahoma-Indian Missionary Conference -- Bishop Robert Hayes, Jr. {Link without Title}

Oklahoma Conference -- Bishop Robert E. Hayes Jr {Link without Title}

Oregon-Idaho Conference -- Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata (Portland) {Link without Title}

Pacific Northwest Conference -- Bishop Edward Paup (Seattle) {Link without Title}

Peninsula-Delaware Conference -- Bishop Marcus Matthews {Link without Title}

Rio Grande Conference -- Bishop Joel N. Martínez {Link without Title}

Rocky Mountain Annual Conference -- Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr. (Denver) {Link without Title}

South Carolina Conference -- Bishop Mary Virginia Tyler (Columbia) {Link without Title}

South Georgia Conference -- Bishop B. Michael Watson (South Georgia) {Link without Title}

South Indiana Conference -- Bishop Michael J. Coyner (Indiana Area [http://www.sicumc.org/

Southwest Texas Conference -- Bishop Joel N. Martinez (San Antonio) {Link without Title}

Tennessee Conference -- Bishop Richard Wills (Nashville) {Link without Title}

Texas Conference -- Bishop Janice Riggle Huie (Houston) {Link without Title}

Troy Annual Conference (Vermont and northeastern New York) -- Bishop Susan W. Hassinger (Albany) {Link without Title}

Virginia Conference -- Bishop Charlene P. Kammerer (Virginia) {Link without Title}

West Michigan Conference -- Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton {Link without Title}

West Ohio Conference-- Bishop Bruce R. Ough {Link without Title}

West Virginia -- Bishop Ernest S. Lyght {Link without Title}

Western North Carolina Conference -- Bishop J. Lawrence McCleskey (Charlotte) {Link without Title}

Western New York Conference -- Bishop Violet L. Fisher {Link without Title}

Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference-- Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton (Pittsburgh) {Link without Title}

Wisconsin Conference -- Bishop Linda Lee {Link without Title}

Wyoming Conference -- Bishop Susan W. Hassinger {Link without Title}

Yellowstone Annual Conference -- Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr. (Denver) {Link without Title}

Central Conference (Outside the United States)

Outside the United States the church is divided into seven central conferences: Africa, Congo, West Africa, Central & Southern Europe, Germany, Northern Europe and Philippines.

Central and Southern Europe -- Bishop Patrick Streiff (Central and Southern Europe Episcopal Area) {Link without Title}

Northern Europe -- Bishop Hans Växby (Eurasia Episcopal Area; Russia, Ukraine) and Bishop Øystein Olsen ( {Link without Title}

Germany -- Bishop Rosemarie Wenner (Germany Episcopal Area) {Link without Title}

Philippines (Philippines Central Conference)

--- Manila Episcopal Area : Bishop Solito Kuramen Toquero (Bicol Philippines Provisional Annual Conference, Bulacan Philippines Annual Conference, Middle Philippines Annual Conference, Philippines Annual Conference, Philippines Annual Conference-East, West Middle Philippines Annual Conference, Southwest Philippines Annual Conference, Palawan Philippines Annual Conference, Pampango Philippines Annual Conference)

--- Baguio Episcopal Area: Bishop Benjamin Justo (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)

--- (East Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference, Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference, Northwest Mindanao Annual Conference, Visayas Annual Conference) (from {Link without Title} )

JURISDICTIONS

The conferences are also be grouped into jurisdictions that appoint bishops for conferences within that jurisdiction. These jurisdictions are listed {Link without Title}
as follows:

North Central Jurisdiction

Northeastern Jurisdiction

South Central Jurisdiction

Southeastern Jurisdiction

Western Jurisdiction

North Central Jurisdiction

According to the UMC website {Link without Title} , the North Central Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual conferences:

Dakotas Conference

Detroit Conference

East Ohio Conference

Minnesota Conference

Northern Illinois Conference

North Indiana Conference

Illinois Great Rivers Conference

Iowa Conference

South Indiana Conference

West Michigan Conference

West Ohio Conference

Wisconsin Conference

Northeastern Jurisdiction

According to its website {Link without Title} , the Northeastern Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual conferences:

Baltimore-Washington

Central Pennsylvania

Eastern Pennsylvania

Greater New Jersey {Link without Title}

New England

New York

North Central New York

Peninsula-Delaware

Troy

West Virginia

Western New York

Western Pennsylvania

Wyoming

Southeastern Jurisdiction

According to its website, {Link without Title} The Southeastern Jurisdiction of the UMC consistes of the following Annual Conferences:

Alabama / West Florida

Florida

Holston

Kentucky

Memphis

Mississippi

North Alabama

North Carolina

North Georgia

Red Bird Missionary

South Carolina

South Georgia

Tennessee

Virginia

Western North Carolina

South Central Jurisdiction

According to its website {Link without Title} , the South Central Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual conferences:

Central Texas

Kansas East

Kansas West

Louisiana

Missouri

Arkansas

Nebraska

New Mexico

North Texas

Northwest Texas

Oklahoma Indian Missionary

Oklahoma

Rio Grande

Southwest Texas

Texas

Western Jurisdiction

According the the Rocky Mountain Conference site, {Link without Title} the "Western Jurisdiction" of the UMC consists of the following conferences:

Alaska Missionary Conference {Link without Title}

California-Nevada Conference

California-Pacific Conference {Link without Title}

Desert Southwest Conference

Oregon-Idaho Conference

Pacific Northwest Conference

Rocky Mountain Conference

Yellowstone Conference

SOURCES

Conferences and bishops are from UMC homepage and are current as of July 2006.

Context for Jurisdictions versus Conferences {Link without Title}

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