B. Michael Watson

He was consecrated a bishop at a service of consecration held at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina July 15, 2000. Watson served two quadrennium as resident bishop of the South Georgia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. In 2008 he was appointed resident bishop of the North Georgia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. His office is at The United Methodist Center on the grounds of Simpsonwood Conference and Retreat Center in Norcross, Georgia.

Prior to his election to the episcopacy, Watson served as a pastor in the Alabama-West Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church. He was ordained deacon in 1972 and elder in 1976 in the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference. He served Decatur First United Methodist Church in Decatur, Georgia, from 1973 to 1974, while he was a student at Candler School of Theology. In his home conference, he served Aldersgate UMC in Molino, Florida, from 1975 to 1977 and Christ UMC in Milton, Florida, from 1977 to 1979. He was founding pastor of Covenant UMC in Dothan, Alabama, where he served from 1979 to 1990. He was appointed to Dauphin Way UMC in Mobile, Alabama, in 1990, where he served until he was elected bishop in the Southeastern Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church in 2000.

B. Michael Watson (born July 3, 1949) is a bishop of The United Methodist Church, elected in 2000. He served as resident bishop of the North Georgia Annual Conference, which comprises 1,000 churches, more than 1,500 clergy members, and more than 320,000 lay members. He retired in 2016 and currently serves as ecumenical officer of the Council of Bishops.