Talbert Wesley Swan II (born April 24, 1965) is an American prelate of the Church of God in Christ serving as the Bishop of the Nova Scotia Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in Canada. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is a Holiness Pentecostal Christian denomination with a predominantly African-American membership with more than 12,000 churches and over 6.5 million members in the United States. The National Council of Churches ranks it as the fifth largest Christian denomination in the U.S. Swan is the fourth leader of the Jurisdiction and oversees COGIC congregations in the province. He serves the denomination as Assistant General Secretary, Clerk of the General Board and Director of Social Justice Ministry under the leadership of Bishop John Drew Sheard, Sr., the Presiding Bishop. He was a