The Rev. Cynthia Moore-Koikoi of Baltimore was voted bishop in The United Methodist Church on Wednesday, the Baltimore-Washington Conference said.
The vote took place in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as part of the annual Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference of Methodist churches. She serves as the Baltimore Metropolitan District superintendent.
Methodist bishops direct church mission, working as leaders in one of 46 geographic areas for four years.
Moore-Koikoi grew up in a Methodist family, with her father serving at churches in the Northeast. She received a bachelor's degree from the Loyola College in Maryland and a master's degree from the University of Maryland. She served as a school psychologist in Anne Arundel County Public Schools for 17 years, before moving to ministry.
She is married to the Rev. Raphael Koikoi, pastor of Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church in Baltimore.
Moore-Koikoi could not be immediately reached for comment.