Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Bishop |
James (Jimmy) G. Nunn | |
Resident Bishop, Oklahoma Episcopal Area | |
Church: | United Methodist Church |
Diocese: | Oklahoma Annual Conference, Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference |
Term: | July 15, 2016 – present |
Successor: | Incumbent |
Ordination: | 1983 |
Consecration: | 2016 |
Education: | McMurry University (BA) Asbury Theological Seminary (M.Div.), (D.Min.) |
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James G. Nunn is an active bishop in the United Methodist Church, the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States.
James (Jimmy) Nunn graduated from McMurry University with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree, and he graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree. He also received a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree from Asbury Theological Seminary.
Nunn was ordained in the Northwest Texas Conference as a United Methodist Deacon in 1980 and as a United Methodist Elder in 1983.[1]
Nunn was elected to the episcopacy in 2016 and assigned to the Oklahoma Episcopal Area comprising the Oklahoma Conference and the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference.