List of jurisdictions of the Church of God in Christ

Updated as of May 12, 2024

• Nova Scotia Jurisdiction – Bishop Joe O. Wilkins, Sr.
• Canada/Michigan Jurisdiction – Bishop Percy W. Henderson II
• British Columbia/Vancouver – Bishop Benjamin Stephens III
• Ontario Jurisdiction – Bishop-designate W. Aaron Robbins, Sr. (Episcopal Assignee)

• Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop Juan Tomas Reyes

• Panama Jurisdiction – Bishop Eusebio Carlos Stewart

• Alabama First Jurisdiction – Bishop Oscar L. Meadows
• Alabama Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Marcus Earl Pulliam, Sr.
• Alabama Third Jurisdiction – Bishop David A. Hall, Sr. (Interim)

• Alaska Jurisdiction – Bishop Otis McCormick

• Arizona Jurisdiction – Bishop Harvey T. Young, Sr.

• Arkansas First Jurisdiction – Bishop Jewel R. Withers, Jr
• Arkansas Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Frank J. Anderson, Jr.
• Arkansas Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Michael A. Jones

• Arkansas Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Junius Earl Williams

• California New Journey – Bishop John M. Richardson, Sr.
• California North Central – Bishop Donald R. Murray
• California Northwest – Bishop Nathaniel Bullock
• California Greater Northern Second – Bishop Johnathan Douglas Logan, Sr.
• California Nor Cal Metropolitan – Bishop Jerry Wayne Macklin, First Assistant Presiding Bishop, General Board Member
• California Northern First – Bishop Albert Galbraith, Chairman, Board of Bishops
• California Northeast – Bishop Michael Julian Johnson
• California Southern First Jurisdiction – Bishop Joe Louis Ealy
• California Southern Evangelistic – Bishop Christopher Edwin Milton
• California Southern Second – Bishop Charles G. Nauden
• California Southern Third – Bishop Roger Thomas
• California Southern Fourth – Bishop Roy Dixon
• California Southern Metropolitan – Bishop J. Bernard Hackworth
• California Southwest – Bishop Hillrie Murphy
• California West Coast – Bishop Robert "Bob" Jackson
• California Western – Bishop Leo Smith
• California Valley – Bishop Jerry Macklin (Interim) - Bishop Samuel L. Doyle Emeritus

• Colorado Jurisdiction – Bishop Wayne H. McDonald

• Connecticut First Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. Brewer III
• Connecticut Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Augustus D. Pullen
• Connecticut Third/New England Southern Jurisdiction – Bishop Jerry W. Maynard (Interim)

• Delaware Jurisdiction – Bishop Thomas L. Holsey

• Washington, D.C. Jurisdiction – Bishop Neavelle A. Coles

• Florida Central First Jurisdiction – Bishop Gary L. Hall, Sr.
• Florida Central Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Edward Robinson, Sr.
• Florida Eastern – Bishop Michael E. Hill, (Interim)
• Florida Northwest – Bishop Willie C. Green
• Florida Southern – Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Interim)
• Florida Southwest – Bishop Anthony W. Gilyard
• Florida Western – Bishop Willie J. Matheney
• Florida Western Second – Bishop Larry Perkins

• Georgia North Central – Bishop Joseph E. Hogan, Sr.
• Georgia Northern First – Bishop Leonard J. Chapple, Sr.
• Georgia Northern Second – Bishop Mark Walden
• Georgia South Central – Bishop Norman O. Harper
• Georgia Southeast – Bishop Benjamin P. Collins
• Georgia Southern First – Bishop Larry L. Shaw
• Georgia Southern Second – Bishop Ronald Engram
• Georgia Western – Bishop John F. Thomas
• Georgia Metro – Bishop Michael J. Paden, Sr.

• Hawaii State Jurisdiction – Bishop Jesse T. Wilson, Sr.

• Idaho Jurisdiction – Bishop Taro D. Golden

• Illinois First – Bishop Ocie Booker
• Illinois Third – Bishop Roland "Terry" Sanders
• Illinois Fifth East – Bishop James C. Austin
• Illinois Fifth West – Bishop Robert L. Perry, Jr.
• Illinois Sixth – Bishop Clowdell Williams, Sr.
• Illinois Central – Bishop Andrei V. Newbon
• Illinois Seventh – Bishop R.D. Edward Goodwin, Sr.
• Illinois Midwest – Bishop David Todd Whittley, (Episcopal Assignee)
• Illinois Southeast – Bishop Otis A. Eanes, Sr.
• Illinois Historic Northern – Bishop Edwin Walker
• Illinois Southern – Bishop Embra Patterson, Jr.

• Indiana Historic First – Bishop Carl J. Steen, Jr.
• Indiana Second – Bishop Benjamin A. Sanders (Emeritus)/ Bishop-designate J. Rashad Jones (Episcopal Assignee)
• Indiana Third – Bishop E. Bobby Warren
• Indiana North Central Fourth – Bishop Donald Alford, Sr.

• Iowa Jurisdiction – Bishop Leroy Johnson

• Kansas Central – Bishop Milton Paul Jackson, Jr.
• Kansas East – Bishop Lemuel F. Thuston – Chairman of the General Assembly
• Kansas Southwest – Bishop Mark L. Gilkey

• Kentucky First – Bishop John W. Fleming
• Kentucky Second – Bishop James Bell, Sr.

• Louisiana First – Bishop James Proctor
• Louisiana East First – Bishop Alphonso Denson, Sr.
• Louisiana East Second – Bishop Gerald Hastings Hawkins, Sr.
• Louisiana East Third – Bishop Howard E. Quillen, Jr.
• Louisiana Greater New Orleans – Bishop Charles E. Brown, Sr.
• Louisiana South Central – Bishop David A. Hall (Interim)
• Louisiana Central – Bishop Alton Gatlin

• Maine Jurisdiction – Bishop Steve Coleman

• Maryland Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Carl A. Pierce, Sr.
• Maryland Eastern Shore – Bishop Paul Harmon
• Maryland Greater First – Bishop Joel H. Lyles, Jr., General Secretary

• Massachusetts First – Bishop Samuel Byron Hogan, Sr.
• Massachusetts Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Bernard Reese

• Canadian-Michigan Jurisdiction – Bishop Percy W. Henderson
• Michigan Great Lakes First – Bishop Michael E. Hill, Sr., General Board Member
• Michigan Great Lakes Second – Bishop Dwight Walls, Chairman, Trustee Board
• Michigan North Central – Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Presiding Bishop of the Church Of God In Christ, General Board Member
• Michigan Northeast – Bishop Zachary N. Hicks
• Michigan Southeast – Bishop Roger L. Jones, Sr. - Vice Chairman, Board Of Bishops
• Michigan Southwest Agape – Bishop Robert Delano Taylor, Sr.
• Michigan Southwest First – Bishop Marcus R. Ways
• Michigan Southwest Second – Bishop Ethan B. Sheard
• Michigan Southwest Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Samuel Duncan, Jr.
• Michigan Southwest Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Aaron I. Milton, Sr.
• Michigan Southwest Fifth – Bishop Don W. Shelby, Jr.
• Michigan Eastern – Bishop Charles J. Johnson, III
• Michigan Western – Bishop Melvin C. Burton
• Michigan Western Second Jurisdiction – Bishop James E. Atterberry, Sr.

• Minnesota Jurisdiction – Bishop Fred Willis Washington

• Mississippi Northern First – Bishop William Dean, Jr.
• Mississippi Southern First – Bishop Daniel T. Littleton
• Mississippi Southern Second – Bishop Kenneth E. Preston
• Mississippi Northwest – Bishop Robert Earl Barber

• Missouri Eastern First – Bishop Marquaello Futrell, Sr.
• Missouri Eastern Second Western Illinois – Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten, Second Assistant Presiding Bishop, General Board Member
• Missouri Eastern Third - Bishop Robert D. Strong, Sr.
• Missouri Southeastern Third – Bishop Nathaniel Ellis
• Missouri Western First – Bishop Frank Douglas
• Missouri Western Second – Bishop John M. Johnson
• Missouri Midwest – Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson III, General Board Member
• Missouri Gateway - Bishop Melvin J. Smith, Vice Chairman of the General Assembly

• Montana Jurisdiction – Bishop Marcus L. Collins

• Nebraska First Jurisdiction – Bishop John O. Ford
• Nebraska Eastern Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph L. Shannon, Sr.

• Nevada First Jurisdiction – Bishop Donald C. Bronson
• Nevada Northern First Jurisdiction – Bishop Luther Dupree

• New Hampshire Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Bernard Reese

• New Jersey First – Bishop Martin L. Johnson, Sr.
• New Jersey Garden State – Bishop William T. Cahoon
• New Jersey Third – Bishop Kevin E. Knight, Sr.
• New Jersey South Jersey – Bishop Tyrone McCombs

• New Mexico Jurisdiction – Bishop James L'Keith Jones.

• New York Eastern First – Bishop James Pullings, Jr.
• New York Eastern Second – Bishop Rothel Highsmith
• New York Eastern Third – Bishop Frank A. White, Financial Secretary
• New York Eastern Fourth – Bishop Clarence L. Sexton, Jr.
• New York Eastern Fifth – Bishop Harrison Hale, Regional Bishop
• New York Southeast – Bishop Tyrone L. Butler
• New York Central – Bishop James Bowman Sr (Bishop Ronald J. Hoston – Emeritus)
• New York Western First – Bishop James R. Wright, Sr.
• New York Western Second – Bishop Glenwood Young, Senior Bishop Of New York State

• North Carolina Greater – Bishop LeRoy Jackson Woolard
• North Carolina Second – Bishop Stenneth E. Powell, Sr.
• North Carolina Third – Bishop Patrick L. Wooden, Sr., Co-Chairman, International Men's Ministry

• North Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Michael R. Cole.

• Ohio Central East – Bishop David L. Herron, Sr.
• Ohio North First – Bishop Edward T. Cook
• Ohio Northwest – Bishop Clifford L. Kimbrough, Jr.
• Ohio Southern – Bishop George L. Carter
• Ohio West – Bishop Emmitt L. Nevels, Sr.

• Oklahoma Northwest – Bishop Brandon B. Porter (Interim)
• Oklahoma Southeast – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby, General Board Member

• Oregon First – Bishop Archie R. Hopkins, Sr.
• Oregon NW – Bishop Percy J. Mullen, Sr.

• Pennsylvania Commonwealth – Bishop Guy L. Glimp
• Pennsylvania Central – Bishop Edgar L. Scott
• Pennsylvania Eastern – Bishop David Morrell Screven
• Pennsylvania Western First – Bishop Marvin C. Moreland II
• Pennsylvania Western Second – Bishop Malcolm W. Coby (Interim)
• Pennsylvania Keystone – Bishop Vernon Prioleau
• Pennsylvania Koinonia – Bishop Ernest Carl Morris

• Rhode Island Jurisdiction – Bishop Roland P. Joyner Sr., Bishop Harvey Lewis, Sr. - (Emeritus)

• South Carolina Jurisdiction – Bishop William A. Prioleau (Bishop Johnnie J. Johnson, Emeritus)

• South Dakota Jurisdiction – Bishop Troy M. Carr

• Tennessee Central – Bishop Brandon B. Porter, General Board Member
• Tennessee Eastern First – Bishop Felton M. Smith Jr.
• Tennessee Eastern Second – Bishop Willie L. Bonner
• Tennessee Fourth – Bishop Jerry W. Maynard, General Board Member
• Tennessee Fifth – Bishop Jerry Wayne Taylor
• Tennessee Headquarters – Bishop David A. Hall Sr., General Board Member
• Tennessee Metropolitan – Bishop Linwood Elijah Dillard, Jr., Chairman of the International AIM Convention
• Tennessee Sixth – Bishop Charles H. Mason Patterson, Sr.
• Tennessee Southwest – Bishop William S. Wright Sr.

• Texas Central Metropolitan – Bishop Frank Fanniel Sr.
• Texas Covenant Jurisdiction - Bishop Gilbert Isaiah Gillum Jr.
• Texas East – Bishop Robert L. Nichols Sr.
• Texas Greater Southeast First – Bishop Johnny A. Tates
• Texas Gulf Coast – Bishop Destry C. Bell
• Texas Lone Star Jurisdiction – Bishop Don Venson Nobles Sr.
• Texas Metropolitan – Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant, Sr. (Interim)
• Texas North Central – Bishop Robert L. Sample
• Texas Northeast First – Bishop James E. Hornsby
• Texas Northeast Second – Bishop David R. Houston
• Texas Northeast Third – Bishop Nelson J. Gatlin
• Texas Northeast Fourth – Bishop Nathiel D. Wells
• Texas Northeast Fifth - Bishop-Designate T. L. Walker
• Texas Northwest – Bishop William H. Watson, III
• Texas South Central – Bishop Prince E. W. Bryant, Sr., General Board Member
• Texas Southeast First – Bishop Morris O. Jenkins, Jr.
• Texas Southeast Second – Bishop Ladell Thomas Jr.
• Texas Southeast Third – Bishop Travis T. Terry
• Texas Southwest First – Bishop Maurice Green Jr.
• Texas Southwest Second – Bishop Shelton C. Rhodes
• Texas Western – Bishop Juan O. Lawson

• Utah Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby R. Allen

• Vermont Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction – Bishop Talbert W. Swan, II, Assistant General Secretary

• Virginia First – Bishop Marc A. Thomas, Sr.
• Virginia Second Iconic – Bishop Michael B. Golden, Jr., Co-Chairman, International Men's Ministry
• Virginia Third New Frontier – Bishop Jonathan G. Willis
• Virginia Fourth – Bishop G. Wesley Hardy Sr.
• Virginia Fifth Grace – Bishop Dwight L. Green, Sr.

• Washington State Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin C. Moore, Sr.
• Washington Northwest Jurisdiction – Bishop Reginald C. Witherspoon

• West Virginia Greater Jurisdiction – Bishop Clyde D. Brown

• Wisconsin First Jurisdiction – Bishop Darrell L. Hines, General Board Member
• Wisconsin Northwest – Bishop Charles H. McClelland, General Board Member

• Wyoming Jurisdiction – Bishop Willie Harris

• Saint Maarten Rehoboth Jurisdiction – Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.

• Bahamas Jurisdiction – Bishop Tony L. Hanna

• Barbados/Caribbean Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Fortson
• Barbados First - Bishop Arthur F. Mosley

• Belize Jurisdiction – Bishop Alber Oliver Quick
• Belize Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Anthony Richardson

• Bermuda Jurisdiction – Bishop Richard White Sr.

• Costa Rica Jurisdiction - Bishop Harry Beard

• Cuba Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Mathew - Interim (Bishop Jose Mesa Videaux, Deceased as of February 17, 2024)

• Dominican Republic First Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Gibson
• Dominican Republic Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph J. Mayo
• Dominican Commonwealth Jurisdiction – Bishop-designate Ben Fitzgerald (Episcopal Assignee)

• El Salvador Jurisdiction - Bishop Herbert R Davis

• Guatemala Jurisdiction – Bishop Charles H. Mason Patterson, Sr., General Treasurer

• Haiti Jurisdiction - Bishop Leon Pamphile

• Jamaica Jurisdiction – Bishop Harold Haughton
• Greater Jamaica (Second) Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph A. Chase Jr.

• Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Bishop Elton J. Amos Sr.

• Saint Lucia Eastern Caribbean Jurisdiction - Bishop E. Charles Connor

• Saint Croix Jurisdiction – Bishop Alan G. Porter

• Saint Kitts and Nevis Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

• Saint Thomas Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Ahmed M. Screven, Esq.

• Trinidad and Tobago First Jurisdiction – Bishop Corby Bush
• Trinidad & Tobago Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph H.Griffith

• Turks and Caicos Jurisdiction - Bishop Earl J Wright Jr.

• Angola First - Bishop Macano Kamuimba Marcos Pedro

• Congo First Jurisdiction – Bishop Muhangenu H. Ghilain
• Congo Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Matthew L Brown

• Ethiopia First Jurisdiction – Bishop Ron Surrey
• Ethiopia Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Tyree Gordon

• Gambia/West Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Lorenzo D. Lee

• Republic of Ghana Jurisdiction – Bishop Emmanuel A. Boateng
• Ghana West Africa Jurisdiction - Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Anim

• Kenya, East Africa First Jurisdiction – Bishop Jerry L. Ivery Sr.
• Kenya, Cornerstone First Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Kamau
• Kenya, Impact Third Jurisdiction - Bishop Solomon Omo-Osagie

• Liberia Jurisdiction – Bishop Francis Stewart

• Malawi Central Jurisdiction – Bishop Ronald Sabawo
• Malawi Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Chifundo Mwanandi

• Nigeria First Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph O. Oipinejaro
• Nigeria Southern Jurisdiction – Bishop Henry Chikwudi
• Nigeria West Africa Jurisdiction – Bishop Lucky C. Donuwe
• Nigeria God is REAL Jurisdiction - Bishop Friday U Okwey.
• Nigeria Pinnacle Faith Jurisdiction - Bishop Dr Louis O Morah.
• Nigeria PURITY Jurisdiction - Bishop Newlife Ugochukwu
• Nigeria Eastern Gateway - Bishop Onuigwe Emeka Dominic
• Nigeria Sanctuary of Peace Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Bolu Fam
• Nigeria United Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction - Bishop Micaiah J. Young, Sr.

• West Ivory Coast Jurisdiction – Bishop Enoch Perry

• Rwanda East Africa Jurisdiction -- Bishop Jeffrey Melvin

• Republic of Benin - Bishop Vincent Matthews, Interim Prelate

• South Africa – Bishop Vincent Mathews, International Missions President
• South Africa Second – Bishop Vincent Mathews (Interim)
• South Africa Third – Bishop Vincent Mathews (Interim)
• South Africa Fourth - Bishop Wayne Janecke
• South Africa Fifth – Bishop Ben Zulu
• South Africa Seventh – Bishop W. Johnny McNair Jr.

• Tanzania - Bishop Jaili W Kasewka

• Togo - Bishop Archie Hopkins, Jr.

• Sierra Leone - Bishop-Designate Scott A. Bradley (Episcopal Assignee)

• Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando

• Uganda East Africa Jurisdiction – Bishop Bobby Henderson

• Zambia First – Bishop Ngamitu Muhini
• Zambia Second - Bishop Justine Gondwe

• Philippines Jurisdiction – Bishop Avel Forto, Sr
• Philippines Second Jurisdiction - Bishop Avel Forto, Jr
• Philippines Northern Luzon Jurisdiction - Bishop Joel F. Balindan, Sr.
• Philippines Northern Mindanao Jurisdiction - Bishop Bob Steele
• Philippines Central Luzon Jurisdiction - Bishop Israel Forto

• India First Jurisdiction – Bishop Dr. Bevin G. Lawrence
• India Second Jurisdiction – Bishop Samram Paul
• India Third Jurisdiction – Bishop Edison Victor
• India Fourth Jurisdiction – Bishop Joseph Norfleet
• India Fifth Jurisdiction – Bishop G. Jeyakumar
• India Sixth Jurisdiction - Bishop Oscar Benton

• Israel Jurisdiction - Bishop Glenn Plummer

• Pakistan Jurisdiction – Bishop George Adebanjo

• South Korea Jurisdiction – Bishop Chadwick F. Carlton

• Sri Lanka First - Bishop Blessing Titus Fernando

• UAE Dubai Jurisdiction - Bishop Amere May, Sr.

• Argentina Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)
• Argentina 2nd Jurisdiction - Bishop Ron C. Hill

• Brazil 1st Jurisdiction – Bishop Terence P. Rhone
• Brazil 2nd Jurisdiction - Bishop Nate' M. Jefferson

• Chile Jurisdiction - Bishop Gabriel McCurtis

• Colombia 1st Jurisdiction - Bishop Lester Johnson
• Colombia 2nd Jurisdiction - Bishop Edermin Cortes

• Guyana Jurisdiction – Bishop Curtis B. Sexton

• Peru Jurisdiction - Vacant/TBD

• Venezuela Jurisdiction – Bishop Warren C. Dorris

• France Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

• Germany Jurisdiction – Bishop Paul L. Watson

• Greece Jurisdiction – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

• Spain Jurisdiction – Bishop Edwin C. Bass

• United Kingdom Jurisdiction – Bishop Alvin Blake

• Italy Jurisdiction – Bishop Frederick D. Jenkins

• Australia – Supt Paul Jones, Missions Director

• Indonesia – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

• Papua New Guinea – Bishop Vincent Matthews (Interim)

• New Zealand – Superintendent Tyrone Scafe, Missions Director

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