The Right Reverend Craig Loya | |
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Bishop of Minnesota | |
![]() Loya in 2020 | |
Church | The Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Minnesota |
Elected | January 25, 2020 |
In office | 2020–present |
Predecessor | Brian Prior |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2003 |
Consecration | June 6, 2020 by Brian Prior |
Personal details | |
Born | April 5, 1977 |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse |
Melissa Tubbs (
m. 2004) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Hastings College |
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]
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 conjunction with Berkeley Divinity School 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] Joseph Scott Barker and Bruce Edward Caldwell were the co-consecrators. [9]
Loya is a member of the Society of Catholic Priests, an Anglo-Catholic association of clergy in The Episcopal Church. [10]
Loya, the son of Ernie Loya and JaNelle Hovie, both of North Platte, graduated from North Platte High School in 1995.
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.
The Very Rev. Craig Loya Elected 10th Bishop of ECMN
The Right Reverend Craig Loya | |
---|---|
Bishop of Minnesota | |
![]() Loya in 2020 | |
Church | The Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Minnesota |
Elected | January 25, 2020 |
In office | 2020–present |
Predecessor | Brian Prior |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2003 |
Consecration | June 6, 2020 by Brian Prior |
Personal details | |
Born | April 5, 1977 |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse |
Melissa Tubbs (
m. 2004) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Hastings College |
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]
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 conjunction with Berkeley Divinity School 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] Joseph Scott Barker and Bruce Edward Caldwell were the co-consecrators. [9]
Loya is a member of the Society of Catholic Priests, an Anglo-Catholic association of clergy in The Episcopal Church. [10]
Loya, the son of Ernie Loya and JaNelle Hovie, both of North Platte, graduated from North Platte High School in 1995.
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.
The Very Rev. Craig Loya Elected 10th Bishop of ECMN