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1 – New York State Council | Bishop Carl Lewis 2 – Greater Pennsylvania State Council | Bishop Ronald L. Young (EBC) 3 – Ohio District Council | Bishop James Gaiters (EBC) 4 – Apostolic Bible Students Association (A.B.S.A.) I propose List of bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States) (i.e. They are elected for life by a majority vote of the General Conference which meets every four years. The first assembly of bishops to meet regularly, with its own legal structure and ecclesial leadership function, is the Swiss Bishops' Conference, which was founded in 1863. being precise about the name of the church), but let's get a proper consensus this time, rather than the "bold" previous changes. Below is the list. This virtual college is a program of The Episcopal Church and is a resource of the House of Bishops’ Office of Pastoral Development. Bishops shall be retired at that General Conference when the Bishop’s seventy-third (73rd) birthday is on or before July 15th of the General Conference Year. The College for Bishops provides a community of formation and education for newly-consecrated, active and retired bishops of the Episcopal Church, assisting them to better serve as leaders in God’s mission.