icle II. Name.--The name of the Church shall be The
DIVISION THREE--EPISCOPAL SUPERVISION
48. Article I.--There shall be a continuance of an episcopacy in The United Methodist Church of like plan, powers, privileges, and duties as now exist in The Methodist Church and in The Evangelical United Brethren Church in all those matters in which they agree and may be considered identical; and the differences between these historic episcopacies are deemed to be reconciled and harmonized by and in this Plan of Union and Constitution of The United Methodist Church and actions taken pursuant thereto so that a unified superintendency and episcopacy is hereby created and established of, in, and by those who now are and shall be bishops of The United Methodist Church; and the said episcopacy shall further have such powers, privileges, and duties as are herein set forth.66
66See Judicial Council Decisions 4, 114, 127, 363.
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 48
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