Bishops assigned at 2024 NEJ Conference

By Shelby Winchell, UNY Director of Communications

The 2024 Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference came to a close on Friday, July 12 with the revelation of six new reconfigured areas and the assignment of bishops to supervise those areas. 

On Wednesday, the conference voted to reduce the number of episcopal areas from nine to six.  

The six new episcopal areas with the assigned bishops include: 

• Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware- Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling 

• Eastern Pennsylvania and Greater New Jersey- Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi 

• New York and New England- Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton 

• Susquehanna and Upper New York- Bishop Héctor Burgos Núñez 

• Western Pennsylvania – Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball 

• West Virginia- Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett 

Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett will be shared with Southeastern Jurisdiction as determined by the Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy. Click here to read more about this decision.