Megan Traquair

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Megan M. Traquair

M. Div.
Bishop of Northern California
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Northern California
ElectedFebruary 9, 2019
In office2019 -
Predecessor Barry L. Beisner
Orders
Ordination1991 (deacon)
1992 (priest)
by  Frederick H. Borsch
ConsecrationFebruary 9, 2019
by  Michael Curry
Personal details
Born1962 (age 6061)
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
Previous post(s)Canon to the Ordinary, The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona
Education Pomona College, 1985
Alma mater Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, 1991

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

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Meet Bishop Megan". Episcopal Diocese of Northern California . Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  2. "Megan Traquair". LinkedIn. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  3. Stoneberg, David. "Rev. Canon Megan Traquair elected Episcopal bishop for Northern California diocese". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  4. Moleski, Vincent. "Episcopal Diocese of Northern California elects first female bishop". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  5. "Consecration of first female Bishop in Northern California Diocese". Red Bluff Daily News. June 21, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2020.