ROME (MEOR) – Pope Leo XIV met Bishop Knut Refsdal (second left), bishop of the Nordic-Baltic-Ukraine Area of The United Methodist Church, and Rev. Myron Howie (center), treasurer of the World Methodist Council, following the General Audience on Wednesday morning, 26 November 2025. They were accompanied by Rev. Howie’s spouse Rev. Jules Dunham Howie (second right) and child Ms. Grace Howie (third left), as well as Director Matthew A. Laferty (left) of the Methodist Ecumenical Office and Fr. Martin Browne OSB (right) of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity .
Rev. Myron Howie and Rev. Jules Dunham Howie are ordained ministers of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome 