Craig Loya
The Right Reverend Craig Loya | |
|---|---|
| X Bishop of Minnesota | |
 Loya in 2020 | |
| Church | The Episcopal Church  |
| Diocese | Minnesota |
| Elected | 25 January 2020 |
| Installed | 6 June 2020 |
| Predecessor | Brian Prior |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 6 June 2020 by Brian Prior, IX Bishop of Minnesota |
Craig William Loya (born April 5, 1977) is the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. He was formerly Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Omaha, Nebraska.[1]
Life and career
Loya was raised in Nebraska where he graduated from North Platte High School and Hastings College.[2] He earned a Master of Divinity from Yale in 2002.[3] He and Melissa Tubbs married in 2004.[4] They have two children.[3]
On January 25, 2020, the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, the Episcopal Church in Minnesota diocesan convention elected him on the second ballot from a slate of five candidates.[5] On the ember day of June 6, 2020, he was ordained as the tenth bishop of Minnesota at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Minneapolis.[6][7] Brian Prior, the ninth bishop of Minnesota, served as chief consecrator.[8] J. Scott Barker and Bruce Edward Caldwell were the co-consecrators.[9]
Loya is a member of the Anglo-Catholic Society of Catholic Priests.[10]
References
- ^ "Minnesota elects Craig Loya its 10th bishop". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
- ^ Wetzel, Diane (August 4, 2013). "Neb. native called by God to return home". The North Platte Telegraph. North Platte, Nebraska.
Loya, the son of Ernie Loya and JaNelle Hovie, both of North Platte, graduated from North Platte High School in 1995.
- ^ a b "Craig Loya, M.Div". Yale Divinity School. Yale University. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- ^ "Tubbs-Loya". The North Platte Telegraph. North Platte, Nebraska. January 3, 2005.
Melissa Tubbs, daughter of Dale and Janet Tubbs of Lincoln, and Craig Loya, son of Ernie Loya and JaNelle Hovie of North Platte, were married Aug. 14, 2004, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Lincoln with the Bishop Creighton Robertson of South Dakota officiating.
- ^ Petersen, Kirk (January 27, 2020). "Craig Loya Elected X Bishop of Minnesota from 5-Person Slate". The Living Church.
- ^ "Bishop Roundup: Pittsburgh, Alabama, Minnesota, Taiwan". The Living Church. December 4, 2019.
- ^ "Bishop-elect Craig Loya". Minnesota Bishop Search. The Episcopal Church in Minnesota. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
The Very Rev. Craig Loya Elected 10th Bishop of ECMN
- ^ Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs (May 5, 2020). "Presiding Bishop announces chief consecrators for the ordinations and consecrations of bishops in the Episcopal dioceses of Georgia, Minnesota, and Oklahoma". Episcopal News Service.
- ^ Episcopal Church in Minnesota (June 6, 2020). "THE ORDINATION & CONSECRATION of the Very Reverend Craig Loya, Tenth Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota" (PDF).
- ^ Loya, Craig (March 22, 2019). "Living a Eucharist-centered Life". Tracts for the Times. Society of Catholic Priests. Retrieved 2020-02-02.