Background
He was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Herbert Palmer, is also a United Methodist pastor.
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Gregory Palmer
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He was educated in the Philadelphia public schools. In 1976 he earned the Bachelor of Arts degree at George Washington University. His Master of Divinity degree is from the Duke Divinity School (1979).
Palmer was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1999.
Career
Prior to his election to the Episcopacy, Bishop Palmer served as a Pastor and a District Superintendent. In 1990 Palmer was appointed Superintendent of the Youngstown District of the East Ohio Conference. Palmer was elected a Delegate from East Ohio to United Methodist General and Jurisdictional Conferences (1988–2000), serving as the Delegation Chairperson in 1996.
He served on the United Methodist General Council on Ministries.
He has been a trustee of Baldwin-Wallace College, Ohio Wesleyan University, and United Theological Seminary. He has also been an Adjunct Instructor in Religion at Baldwin-Wallace.
Bishop Palmer served as Resident Bishop of the Iowa Area from 2000 until 2008. He served his first quadrennium as Resident Bishop of the Illinois Episcopal Area (Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference), assigned there in 2008.
He is serving the Ohio West Episcopal Area (West Ohio Annual Conference), assigned there in 2012.
He was the President of the United Methodist Council of Bishops from May 2008 to May 2010. Bishop Palmer is married to Cynthia Palmer. They have two children.
