Episcopal Ministry
Dr. Galvan was elected Bishop by the Western Jurisdictional Conference of the U.M. Church. He was assigned to the Phoenix Episcopal Area (Desert Southwest Annual Conference), which was formed by the Jurisdiction in 1984. He was succeeded by Bishop William W. Dew Jr in 1992.
As a Bishop he served on the General Council on Ministries (1984-88), the General Board of Discipleship (1989-92), the General Board of Global Ministries (1992-2000), and President of the College of Bishops of the Western Jurisdiction in 1989. He has also served as a Trustee of the School of Theology at Claremont (1985- ). Bishop Galvan was also appointed by the Council of Bishops to Chair the Committee to Develop a National Plan for Hispanic Ministries for the 1989-92 quadrennium.
Bishop Galvan retired from the active episcopacy 1 September 2004.
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