Heather Hahn

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Name: Heather Hahn
Date registered: July 12, 2012

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  1. Gabriel Unda Yemba elected bishop in Democratic Republic of Congo — August 22, 2012
  2. Bishops Wandabula, Nhanala re-elected — August 17, 2012
  3. Bledsoe retired as of Aug. 31; 2 bishops recommended for Northwest Texas/New Mexico area — July 21, 2012
  4. Mike McKee elected bishop of The United Methodist Church — July 20, 2012
  5. Gary Mueller elected bishop of The United Methodist Church — July 19, 2012

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Aug 22

Gabriel Unda Yemba elected bishop in Democratic Republic of Congo

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Gabriel Unda Yemba

The Rev. Gabriel Unda Yemba of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, has been elected a United Methodist bishop by delegates of the Congo Central Conference.

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Aug 17

Bishops Wandabula, Nhanala re-elected

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Bishop Daniel Wandabula

Bishops Daniel Wandabula and Joaquina Filipe Nhanala on Aug. 17 were re-elected as United Methodist bishops by delegates in the Africa Central Conference. The quadrennial meeting is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya. In the Africa Central Conference, United Methodist bishops are not elected for life. A bishop typically is elected first to a four-year term …

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Jul 21

Bledsoe retired as of Aug. 31; 2 bishops recommended for Northwest Texas/New Mexico area

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In a surprise move, the chair of the South Central Jurisdiction episcopacy committee announced that Bishop W. Earl Bledsoe would be “placed in a retired position” as of Aug. 31.

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Jul 20

Mike McKee elected bishop of The United Methodist Church

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The Rev. Mike McKee, senior minister of First United Methodist Church in Hurst, Texas, has been elected as a United Methodist bishop by delegates at the South Central Jurisdictional Conference. He is the first bishop to be elected out of the Central Texas Annual (regional) Conference.

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Jul 19

Gary Mueller elected bishop of The United Methodist Church

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The Rev. Gary Mueller

The Rev. Gary E. Mueller, senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Plano, Texas, has been elected as a United Methodist bishop by delegates at the South Central Jurisdictional Conference.

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Jul 19

Jurisdiction affirms Bledsoe’s removal

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By 208 to 45 vote, South Central delegates support the episcopacy committee’s decision to compel bishop’s early retirement.

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Jul 19

Bulletin: Gary Mueller elected bishop

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The Rev. Gary E. Mueller, senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Plano, Texas, has been elected as a United Methodist bishop by delegates at the South Central Jurisdictional Conference. Mueller was elected Thursday, July 19, at the jurisdiction’s quadrennial meeting in downtown Oklahoma City. On the 11th ballot, he received 170 of 506 …

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Jul 19

Cynthia Fierro Harvey elected bishop of The United Methodist Church

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The Rev. Cynthia Fierro Harvey

The Rev. Cynthia Fierro Harvey, who heads the United Methodist Committee on Relief, the denomination’s relief agency, has been elected as a United Methodist bishop by delegates at the South Central Jurisdictional Conference.

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Jul 17

Committee votes to retire Bledsoe as bishop

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Don House (left), chair of the South Central Jurisdiction's episcopacy committee, talks with Bishop W. Earl Bledsoe during a break in the hearing to determine whether the committee votes to place Bledsoe in involuntary retirement. UMNS photos by Heather Hahn.

OKLAHOMA CITY (UMNS) — By a vote of 24 to 4 with two abstentions, the South Central Jurisdiction’s episcopacy committee decided by more than the necessary two-thirds margin to compel Bishop W. Earl Bledsoe into early retirement. “It was very, very hard — a lot of tears, a lot of prayer,” said Don House, the committee chair and …

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Jul 17

What goes on a bishop’s report card?

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Since 2008, The United Methodist Church’s law book has required formal evaluations of the denomination’s bishops.

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