St. Mary Church at 2500 North Franklin Ave, Flint, MI 48506 US - Bishop Boyea - New Bishop for Diocese of Lansing
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Bishop Boyea - New Bishop for Diocese of Lansing |
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Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archdiocese of Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Earl Boyea as the fifth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Lansing. Bishop Boyea succeeds Bishop Carl F. Mengeling, who has led the diocese since Jan. 25, 1996.
Click on Diocese of Lansing for statements from Bishop Mengeling and Bishop Boyea. Bishop Earl Boyea's complete biography is available at the Diocese website.
MOST REV. EARL BOYEA
FIFTH BISHOP OF LANSING
2008
Born April 10, 1951, the first of ten children to Earl and Helen Boyea, Sr., in Pontiac, Michigan.
Raised in Waterford and attended Our Lady of the Lakes Parish in Waterford and the parish school from third through eighth grades. Attended Sacred Heart Seminary High School and College, 1965-1973; the North American College and the Gregorian University in Rome, 1973-1977, 1979-80.
Ordained a priest on May 20, 1978. Named a prelate of honor to His Holiness, Jan. 18, 2000, named auxiliary bishop of Detroit and titular bishop of Siccenna, July 22, 2002, and ordained a bishop on Sept. 13, 2002.
Appointed fifth bishop of Lansing, Feb. 27, 2008, to be installed April 29, 2008.
EDUCATION
B.A. in History, Sacred Heart Seminary, 1973.
S.T.B., Gregorian University, Rome, 1976.
S.T.L. in Biblical Theology, Gregorian University, Rome, 1980. Thesis: "Christology in Galatians."
M.A. in American History, Wayne State University, 1984. Thesis: "John Samuel Foley, Third Bishop of Detroit: His Ecclesiastical Conflicts in the Diocese of Detroit, 1888-1900."
Ph.D. in Church History, The Catholic University of America, 1987. Dissertation: "The National Catholic Welfare Conference: An Experience in Episcopal Leadership, 1935-1945."