Founder       1907-1961*
Senior Bishop & Chief Apostle
Charles Harrison Mason

Bishop
Ozro Thurston Jones
1961-1968*

Bishop
James Oglethorpe Patterson
1968-1989*

*Tenure as leader of the church

Presiding Bishop
Gilbert Earl Patterson
2000-Present

Bishop
Louis Henry Ford
1990-1995*

Bishop
Chandler David Owens
1995-2000*