Clergy Bio
Jacob Albright, 1759-1808
Founder of the Evangelical Association (later the Evangelical Church).
Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
One of the founding bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States.
First Hispanic/Latina Woman to be Elected to the Episcopacy.
Colleen Kyung Seen Chun, b. 1949
First Korean Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.
One of the founding bishops of the Methodist Episcoopal Church in the United States.
First African American women, along with Nora E. Young, to receive full-clergy rights.
The First Woman Ordained Deacon in The Methodist Protestant Church by the North Indiana Conference - 1866
Julia Torres Fernandez, 1904-1988
First Hispanic/Latina Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.
First Native American Woman to be Received into Full Connection in The United Methodist Church.
The first Latino to be ordained in Methodism.
First woman to received full clergy rights in the Methodist Church.
Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly, 1920-2012
First African American Woman to be Elected to the Episcopacy.
One of the first two Chinese Women (see also Mochie Lam) to be received into Full Connection.
One of the First Two Chinese Women (see also Mamie Ming Yan Ko) to be Received into Full Connection in The United Methodist Church.
First Woman Elected a Bishop in the United Methodist Church.
First East Indian Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.
Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.
The First Woman to be Ordained in The United Brethren Church - 1889
Charity Opheral, dates unknown
The First Woman to Receive Commendation to Preach by the White River Annual Conference in 1847 and Local License to Preach in 1849 in The United Brethren Church
Evangelical Association bishop.
One of Founders of the United Brethren in Christ Church.
First Japanese Woman to be Received into Full Connection in the United Methodist Church.
His many beloved hymns captured the central teachings of “scriptural Christianity” and Methodist emphases teaching the faith and stirring the soul. One of his best known hymns is the Christmas classic, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
Brief summary of the life of John Wesley, one of the founders of Methodism
First African American women, along with Sallie Crenshaw, to receive full-clergy rights.