Episcopal assignments are determined by the Western Jurisdiction Episcopacy Committee. Each assignment begins on September 1 of the year.
After the Episcopacy Committee met until 2:35AM through much prayer and consideration, these are the assignments for the 2016-2020 quadrennium:
- Alaska: Bishop Elaine Stanovsky
- California-Nevada: Bishop Minerva Carcaño
- California-Pacific: Bishop Grant Hagiya
- Desert Southwest: Bishop Robert Hoshibata
- Oregon-Idaho: Bishop Elaine Stanovsky
- Pacific Northwest: Bishop Elaine Stanovsky
- Rocky Mountain: Bishop Karen Oliveto
- Yellowstone: Bishop Karen Oliveto
