Edward McNair

McNair was ordained deacon in July 1940 and priest in July 1941 by Bishop W. Bertrand Stevens of Los Angeles.^[3] He initially served as vicar at St Peter's Church in Del Mar, California in the South Coast Missions, after which he was appointed chaplain in the US Navy. Later he was the first vicar and then rector of the Church of St Michael and All Angels in Studio City, California until 1959, when he became rector of St John's Church in Marysville, California. In 1965 he became rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Santa Rosa, California where he remained until his election in 1967.^[4][5]

On June 21, 1967, McNair was elected Suffragan Bishop of Northern California on the sixth ballot. He was then consecrated on November 30, 1967 in Trinity Cathedral by Presiding Bishop John E. Hines.^[6][7] He remained in office until his retirement on June 1, 1973.^[8] He died on April 20, 1986 after a long illness.