Craig Loya
American bishop (born 1977)
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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]
The Right Reverend Craig Loya | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Minnesota | |
Loya in 2026 | |
| 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 |
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 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 prior 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]