Robert Sheldon Duecker was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1988.
Judith Craig is a retired American bishop of the United Methodist Church, whose primary field of service was the United States.
Roy Isao Sano is a retired Japanese-American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1984.
Kenneth Lee Carder is a retired American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1992. Carder distinguished himself as a pastor, a member of Annual Conference and General U.M. agencies, a bishop and an author.
George Lindsey Davis is an American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1996.
Hae Jong Kim was a Korean-American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1992, who resigned as a bishop in 2005.
Rüdiger Rainer Minor (1939-2017) was a German bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1986. He was born 22 February 1939 in Leipzig, Germany, the son of a Methodist family. He went to school and university in his home city. He is a graduate of Karl Marx University, Leipzig and of the United Methodist Theological Seminary in Bad Klosterlausnitz, Germany. He married Gerlinde Johanna Müller on 24 October 1964. They have three children: Mechthild Barbara, Bertram Christoph, and Friedrun Susanne, as well as nine grandchildren. He died 3 September 2017.
David Jerald Lawson was an American who gained notability as a pastor and university campus minister in the Methodist and United Methodist churches, as a district superintendent, annual conference official, and as a bishop of the United Methodist Church (UMC), elected in 1984. He also played a key role establishing and developing Africa University, which is the only UMC university on the continent.
Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church. She was the second woman elevated to the position of bishop within the United Methodist Church, and the first African American woman.
Don Wendell Holter was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972. He was born in Lincoln, Kansas, a son of Henry O. and Lenna Mater Holter.
Elias Gabriel Galvan is a retired Mexican-American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1984.
Clay Foster Lee Jr. is a retired American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1988.
Edsel Albert Ammons was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1976.
Bruce P. Blake is a retired American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1988.
Robert Eric Hayes Jr. is an American bishop of the United Methodist Church (U.M.C.), currently serving in the Oklahoma Annual Conference. Before being elected to the episcopacy in 2004, Hayes served as treasurer of the Texas Annual Conference. He has served as a pastor, district superintendent, and college chaplain.
Leroy Charles Hodapp distinguished himself as a Methodist pastor, district superintendent, Annual Conference official, and bishop of the United Methodist Church (U.M.C.) who was elected in 1976.
Bruce Robert Ough is a United Methodist Church bishop, elected in 2000.
Alfred Lloyd Norris is a retired American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1992. He also distinguished himself as a Methodist/United Methodist Pastor, as a District Superintendent, as the President of a U.M. Seminary, and as a Mason.
Mary Ann Swenson is an American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1992.
Eugene Maxwell Frank was an American bishop of the Methodist and United Methodist Churches, elected in 1956. He was notable for his passion for racial equality in the Church and beyond. He also distinguished himself as a pastor, as both the youngest Methodist bishop and as the most senior United Methodist bishop, and as the one person more than any other responsible for the establishment of the Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, MO.
