Mary Virginia Taylor (born March 3, 1950) is the bishop for the South Carolina United Methodist Conference.
She was Elected in 2004 on the 34th ballot, receiving 354 of 549 votes cast at the Southeastern Juridictional Conference. She was endorsed by the Holston Conference delegation.

She is married to Rev. James Russell "Rusty" Taylor, the Director of Congregational Development in the South Carolina Conference. Bishop Taylor has two daughters, Mandy Taylor Young, who is married to Kyle Young, and Mary Tiffany Taylor. Mandy and Kyle are the proud parents of Daisy Young, the Bishop's new granddaughter.

Ordained deacon 1974 and ordained elder 1976 in the Holston Annual Conference, "Dindy," as she is sometimes known, served at churches in Athens, Knoxville, Gray, Bluff City, Kingsport, and Chattanooga, Tennessee before being appointed Cleveland District Superintendent in 1999.

 

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