It was announced Friday at the morning session of the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference that Bishop Héctor Antonio Burgos-Núñez will be assigned to the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church. He will be shared with the Upper New York Annual Conference as part of the new episcopal area configuration.Bishop Héctor A. Burgos Núñez was elected to the episcopacy by the Northern Jurisdictional Conference on November 4, 2022. He is the first Hispanic-Latino bishop in the Northeastern Jurisdiction.Bishop Héctor A. Burgos Núñez holds an M.Div. from the School of Theology at Drew University in Madison, NJ, a bachelor’s in business administration with a concentration in Management and Strategic Marketing from the University of Puerto Rico, and a graduate certificate in Information Systems Technology. At the time of his election to the episcopacy, Bishop Burgos served as District Superintendent of the Central District of the Greater New Jersey Conference.Bishop Burgos served pastorates at West Creek United Methodist Church 2004-2005, First United Methodist Church, Iglesia Casa de Esperanza 2005-2009, and Oasis United Methodist Church 2009-2014. He also served as Director of Worship and Urban Ministries 2014, Executive Director of NextGen Ministries of GNJ 2016-2018, and Director of Connectional Ministries 2015-2019 for the Greater New Jersey Conference. (From the Susquehanna Conference Website)
