William Alfred Carroll Hughes (1877 – 1940) was an American

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

in The Methodist Church, elected in 1940. He was the first bishop elected by the then

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of the Church. He was elected at the first meeting of the Central Jurisdiction, on 20 June 1940, receiving a total of 81 votes (78 votes being necessary for election). At the time of his election he was the Secretary of Colored Work of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Church. He died within a month after his election to the episcopacy.

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* Thomas, James S. ''Methodism's Racial Dilemma: The Story of the Central Jurisdiction''.

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: Abingdon Press, 1992.

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