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Bishop Marshall Gilmore is the Presiding Prelate of the Eighth Episcopal
District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
Marshall Gilmore, the 41st Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, was born
in Hoffman, North Carolina on January 4, 1931. From infancy, his early Christian
Nurture was within the bosom of the Pleasant Hill C.M.E. Church family. Upon his
hearing and answering the call to preach, his home church granted license on January 2,
1954 -- two days short of his 23rd birthday. The North Carolina Annual Conference
admitted him on trial in 1955, and in the same year, Bishop William Yancy Bell ordained
him Deacon. The following year, Bishop Bell ordained him Elder.
Bishop Gilmore is well trained for his calling. He graduated from the West Southern
Pines High School in North Carolina in 1949, following which he entered military service,
serving honorably in the U. S. Air Force from 1950 - 1954. He matriculated at Paine
College in Augusta, Ga. in 1954 and was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
1957. He studied theology at the Theological School of Drew University and was
awarded the Master of Divinity degree in 1960. He earned the Doctor of Ministry
degree from the United Theological Seminary in 1974. Bishop Gilmore was awarded the
Doctor of Divinity degree from Texas College and the Interdenominational Theological
Center, and his alma mater, Paine College bestowed upon him the Doctor of Laws and Letters
degree.
It was from distinguished and effective service in the pastoral ministry that Marshall
Gilmore was elected to the Episcopacy in 1982 -- the senior in the largest Episcopal class
elected in the history of the church. That service carried him to pastoral appointments in
Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. His last and most outstanding pastoral service
was at the Phillips Temple C.M.E. Church of Dayton, OH where he led the congregation into
the erection of a new edifice for which the mortgage was also liquidated.
As a Bishop, Marshall Gilmore served as Chair of the Department of Evangelism; and
presently serves as Chair of the Department of Personnel Services. He is also
Vice-Chair of the General Connectional Board and is the representative of the C.M.E.
Church on the Consultation on Church Union. He is also the Chair of the Board of
Trustees of Texas College and a member of the Board of Trustees at Paine College.
Married to the former Yvonne Dukes, a native of Fitzgerald, Ga., he is the father of two
adult children: John Marshall and Joan Michele.
At the 1994 General Conference, Bishop Gilmore was assigned as the Presiding Bishop of the
Eighth Episcopal District. His office and residence are in Dallas, TX.
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