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. She attended

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, where she majored in

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and public policy analysis and graduated in 1985. She received her

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from

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in Illinois.

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

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. On February 3, 2019, Traquair was elected by the Special Electing Convention held at Faith Episcopal Church in

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. 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

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. The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of

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, served as the chief consecrator.

References

External links

Official biography
from the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California {{DEFAULTSORT:Traquair, Megan McClure Living people Women Anglican bishops Episcopal bishops of Northern California People from Santa Barbara, California Pomona College alumni Seabury-Western Theological Seminary alumni 1962 births