Methodist bishops continued to serve as episcopal leaders of the entire denomination, but with specific residential and presidential duties to the annual conferences within their areas.

At first only women attended these meetings, but eventually Methodist bishops and hundreds of clergy and laymen began to attend as well.

A Methodist bishop and nationalist leader, he held office for only a few months.

Johnson Poromon, a Methodist bishop who was appointed by the organization to lead a burial committee for the Ogoni men, shook his head.

He also worked in China as a teacher, a missionary and an aide to a Methodist bishop.

Methodist bishops usually serve two four-year terms and then move on.

At first only women attended these meetings, but eventually Methodist bishops and other clergy members began to attend them also.

In 1880 Foss was consecrated a Methodist bishop.

Willis Jefferson King (October 1, 1886 - 1976) was an African-American Methodist bishop, college professor and author.

Capers was the son of a Methodist bishop.