Megan Traquair Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Megan M. Traquair
Honorific Suffix:M. Div.
Bishop of Northern California
Church:Episcopal Church
Diocese:Northern California
Elected:February 9, 2019
Term:2019 -
Ordination:1991 (deacon)
1992 (priest)
Ordained By:Frederick H. Borsch
Consecration:February 9, 2019
Consecrated By:Michael Curry
Nationality:American
Religion:Anglican
Previous Post:Canon to the Ordinary, The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona
Education:Pomona College, 1985
Alma Mater:Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, 1991
Predecessor:Barry L. Beisner

Megan McClure Traquair (born in 1962) is an American Prelate and the VIII Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California.

Early life

Traquair was raised in Santa Barbara.[1] She attended Pomona College, where she majored in cultural anthropology and public policy analysis and graduated in 1985.[2] She received her Master of Divinity from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Illinois.[1]

Career

Traquair was ordained a deacon at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Palos Verdes Estates, California, on June 15, 1991 and was ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests at St. John's Pro-Cathedral in Los Angeles, California, on January 11, 1992, both by Bishop Frederick Houk Borsch of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.

On February 3, 2019, Traquair was elected by the Special Electing Convention held at Faith Episcopal Church in Cameron Park, California.[3] [4] She was elected on the third ballot.

She was ordained and consecrated the eighth bishop (and first female bishop) of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California on June 29, 2019, at the Mondavi Center in Davis, California.[5] The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, served as the chief consecrator.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet Bishop Megan . . 13 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Megan Traquair . LinkedIn . 13 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Rev. Canon Megan Traquair elected Episcopal bishop for Northern California diocese. Stoneberg. David. Napa Valley Register. February 12, 2019 . en. 2020-01-24.
  4. Web site: Episcopal Diocese of Northern California elects first female bishop. Moleski. Vincent. The Sacramento Bee. en. 2020-01-26.
  5. Web site: Consecration of first female Bishop in Northern California Diocese. 2019-06-21. Red Bluff Daily News. en-US. 2020-01-24.