Janice Riggle Huie

Who is Janice Riggle Huie?

Janice Riggle Huie is a bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1996 by the South Central Jurisdictional Conference. She has served in the church's Arkansas Annual Conference, 1996-2004, and in the Texas Annual Conference since 2004.

She is married to Robert Huie. They have two sons: David and Matthew. Bishop Huie served as the President of the United Methodist Council of Bishops until 2008, ostensibly the senior executive position of the United Methodist General Connection. She was succeeded by Bishop Greg Palmer of the Iowa Conference.

Huie was appointed to the Texas Annual Conference in 2004. The area is composed of 713 congregations and 290,855 members, spread throughout the eastern part of the US state of Texas. It includes Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Texarkana, Longview, Tyler and College Station.

After visiting each charge in the Texas Conference at the start of her tenure to assess the needs of the church, Bishop Huie began leading the Texas Conference in a long-term change process that is paving the way for church and community revitalization throughout east Texas.