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Robert Tsugio Hoshibata ’73

The Rev. Robert Tsugio Hoshibata '73 was elected a bishop in the United Methodist Church by delegates to the Western Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church meeting in San José, Calif. He will take office Sept. 1 as one of the 50 bishops who lead the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Hoshibata has been superintendent of the Seattle District since 1998 and has served as a minister at churches in Washington, Oregon, and Connecticut. Hoshibata earned a doctor of ministry degree from Claremont School of Theology in California. His daughter, Lauren, is a member of the Class of '05.
The Rev. Robert Tsugio Hoshibata ’73 was elected a bishop in the United Methodist Church by delegates to the Western Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church meeting in San José, Calif. He will take office Sept. 1 as one of the 50 bishops who lead the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Hoshibata has been superintendent of the Seattle District since 1998 and has served as a minister at churches in Washington, Oregon, and Connecticut. Hoshibata earned a doctor of ministry degree from Claremont School of Theology in California. His daughter, Lauren, is a member of the Class of ’05.