# Minerva G. Carcaño

> Minerva Garza Carcaño is the first Hispanic woman to be elected to the episcopacy of The United Methodist Church (UMC), the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. She was elected in 2004. Her first assignment was as Bishop of the Phoenix Episcopal Area of Desert Southwest Conference of the UMC. She was then appointed as Bishop of the California-Pacific Annual Conference of the UMC in 2012, and currently serves as Bishop of the California-Nevada Annual Conference of the UMC. She also serves as the leader of the United Methodist Church's Immigration Task Force.

*American bishop*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/minerva-g-carcano

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1954-01-20
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Minerva Garza Carcaño is the first Hispanic woman to be elected to the episcopacy of The United Methodist Church (UMC), the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. She was elected in 2004. Her first assignment was as Bishop of the Phoenix Episcopal Area of Desert Southwest Conference of the UMC. She was then appointed as Bishop of the California-Pacific Annual Conference of the UMC in 2012, and currently serves as Bishop of the California-Nevada Annual Conference of the UMC. She also serves as the leader of the United Methodist Church's Immigration Task Force.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 35.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.4 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 2.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 66.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Minerva G. Carcaño](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva_G._Carca%C3%B1o)
- [Minerva G. Carcaño](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva_G._Carca%C3%B1o)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1738362)

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