Foundation Welcomes Bishop Dee Williamston to the Louisiana Conference

Bishop Delores “Dee” Williamston, a Kansas Army National Guard veteran and a Methodist church administrator, was assigned to the Louisiana Conference at the South Central Jurisdictional meeting in Houston on November 3, 2022.

“I’m so looking forward to Louisiana and getting to know more about the culture, people, food, and of course, church and community,” said Williamston.

Williamston currently serves as director of clergy excellence and assistant to the bishop in the Great Plains Conference of the UMC and will step into her role in Louisiana on January 1, 2023.

In 2002, Williamston began work as a part-time local pastor in Kansas, and she received a Master of Divinity from St. Paul School of Theology in 2007, when she became an elder. She was named a district superintendent in the Great Plains Conference in 2014 before her selection as director of clergy excellence and assistant to the bishop in 2021.

President Chris Spencer welcomes newly assigned Bishop Williamston at the SCJ Conference in Houston.

Williamston, a breast cancer survivor, has one son and seven grandchildren, whom she referenced in her remarks. She said it was important for her grandchildren “who are cross-racial – their mother is white, my son looks like me – to see their grandmother, and that their grandmother can be a catalyst for change, that they too can achieve and aspire to do great things in their lives and the careers that they will embark upon.”

Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey, who has served the Louisiana Conference since 2012, has been assigned to the Texas Conference.

Welcome, Bishop Williamston! The Foundation looks forward to working with you!

Learn more about Bishop Dee Williamston here.