ALCOA, Tenn. (July 25, 2106) -- Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor announces the appointment of Bishop Richard C. Looney to Church Street United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tenn. Bishop Looney will serve as an interim until June 2017. 

He follows Bishop David Graves, former Church Street senior pastor, who was elected as United Methodist bishop on July 13. Graves was assigned to the Alabama-West Florida Conference.