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2 new US bishops to be elected this week
After two unexpected vacancies in U.S. bishop offices, the Western Jurisdiction now has plans to elect two new bishops.
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Retired Bishop Leo A. Soriano (back right) prays for episcopal candidates as Bishop Rodolfo A. Juan lays hands on them during the third Revive event held Nov. 23 at the newly inaugurated Wesleyan University-Philippines Chapel in Cabanatuan City, Philippines. The event was designed to spiritually prepare delegates and other United Methodists before the election of three new bishops during the special session of the Philippines Central Conference. Photo by Gladys P. Mangiduyos, UM News.

Revive event lifts up servant leaders in the Philippines
Before electing three new bishops, delegates gathered for song, dance, prayers and messages about fulfilling God’s holy work.
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Newly elected Bishop Ruby-Nell Estrella receives her episcopal pin from College of Bishops President Thomas J. Bickerton (right) during the Philippines Central Conference at Wesleyan University-Philippines in Cabanatuan City, Philippines. Estrella is the first woman to be elected a United Methodist bishop in the Philippines. Photo by Gladys P. Mangiduyos, UM News.

Estrella elected Philippines Central’s first female bishop
The Rev. Ruby-Nell M. Estrella, treasurer of the Philippines Central Conference, was the second bishop elected at the Nov. 24-26 meeting.
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Newly elected Bishop Israel M. Painit (center) is greeted by retired Bishop Solito K. Toquero and Bishop Ciriaco Q. Francisco after Painit’s election during the Philippines Central Conference at Wesleyan University-Philippines in Cabanatuan City, Philippines. Painit was the third bishop elected at the Nov. 24-26 meeting. Photo by Gladys P. Mangiduyos, UM News.

Philippines Central Conference elects Painit as bishop
The country director of mission in Southeast Asia was the third bishop elected at the Nov. 24-26 meeting.

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