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'''Judith Craig''' iswas a [[retired]]an American [[bishop]] of the [[United Methodist Church]], whose primary field of service was the [[United States]].
 
She was born on 5 June 5, 1937 in [[Lexington, Missouri]] and elected bishop in 1984.{{cn|date=January 2019}}She died on January 18, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Judith Craig, pioneering woman bishop, dies at 81|url=https://www.umnews.org/en/news/judith-craig-pioneering-woman-bishop-dies-at-82|access-date=2022-02-21|website=United Methodist News Service|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Education==
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As a bishop, Craig served on the United Methodist General Commission on the Status and Role of Women (1984–88), the U.M. General Council on Ministries (1988–92), and the General Board of Publication. Bishop Craig received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from [[Baldwin-Wallace College]] in 1979, another from [[Adrian College]] in 1985, a Doctor of Divinity degree from [[Otterbein College]] in 1994, and another D.D. from [[Lebanon Valley College]] (also 1994). In 1996 she was honored to be selected by her colleagues on the U.M. Council of Bishops to deliver the Episcopal Address at General Conference.
 
In retirement, Bishop Craig has served as the Bishop in Residence and a Visiting Professor of Leadership at the [[Methodist Theological School in Ohio]].
 
==Works==
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