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The Central and Southern Europe Central Conference of The United Methodist Church is a collection of Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church located in the central and southern Europe, as the name suggests. Central Conferences, which are found only outside USA, are equivalent to Jurisdictional Conferences within the USA. Central Conferences can comprise of one or more Episcopal Areas. Central and Southern Europe is one Episcopal Area, currently presided over by Bishop Dr. Patrick Ph. Streiff. The Bishop's office is located in Zurich, Switzerland. The Central and Southern Central Conference is divided into seven Annual Conferences, which cover the area of thirteen countries. They are furthermore divided into fourteen Districts, each led by a District Superintendent. This division provedes further administrative functions for the operation of local churches in cooperation with each other. This structure is vital to Methodism, and is referred to as "connectionalism". The Central and Southern Europe Central Conference has a professing membership of 16.162 and a wider constituency of up to 36.000 people (as of 2008).

History The Central and Southern Europe Central Conference was formed

List of Annual Conferences Austria Provisional Annual Conference District Superintendent: Lothar Pöll

Bulgaria Provisional Annual Conference District Superintendent: TBA

Czech and Slovak Republics Annual Conference Czech Republic District Superintendet: Petr Procházka Slovak Republic District Superintendent: Róbert Zachar

Hungary Provisional Annual Conference District Superintendent: István Csernák

Poland Annual Conference General Superintendent: Edward Puślecki East District Superintendent: Zbigniew Kamiński West District Superintendent: Jan Ostryk

Serbia-Macedonia Provisional Annual Conference Serbia District Superintendent: Ana Palik-Kunčak Macedonia District Superintendent: Wilhelm Nausner (overseeing Albania UMC)

Switzerland-France Annual Conference Francophone District Superintendent: Etienne Rudolph North-East Switzerland District Superintendent: Jörg Niederer Bern District Superintendent: Markus Bach North-West Switzerland District Superintendent: Martin Streit Algeria District Superintendent: