Delores Williamston, bishop of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, is formally installed during a ceremony at the Lawless Memorial Chapel at Dillard University in New Orleans Saturday, March 4, 2023. Williamston, a native of Kansas and retiree from the Kansas Army National Guard, is the first African-American to lead the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. She also is the first African-American female bishop in the UMC’s South Central Jurisdiction, which includes Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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