Bishop Roy I. Sano was elected to the United Methodist episcopacy in 1984, serving the Denver (’84-’92) and Los Angeles (’92-’00) episcopal areas. Directly preceding his election, he was Professor of Theology and Pacific and Asian American Ministries at the Pacific School of Religion. Bishop Sano earned an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary, NYC (’57), a M.Th. from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, C, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Claremont Graduate School (’72). He retired in 2000 and currently lives in Oakland, CA.