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Our Bishop

Bishop Hope Morgan Ward came to the Mississippi Area in 2004 after she was the first bishop elected at the 2004 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference.

A bishop serves as a general superintendent for the church.  In the United Methodist tradition, bishops are not “ordained” as bishops, but are clergy elected and consecrated to the office of bishop. Bishops give general oversight to the worldly and spiritual interests of the church and also are responsible for setting all clergy appointments, or assignments, in the annual conferences they serve. The bishop is the presiding officer at the annual conference session and rules on points of law.

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Council of Bishops