1. Earl Boyea has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Lansing in Michigan since 2008.
19 Facts About Earl Boyea
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Earl Boyea previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 2002 to 2008.
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Earl Boyea was born on April 10,1951, in Pontiac, Michigan, the eldest of the ten children of Earl and Helen Boyea.
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Earl Boyea was raised in Waterford, Michigan, and attended Our Lady of the Lakes School in Waterford until the eighth grade.
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In 1965, Boyea entered Sacred Heart Seminary High School and College in Detroit, obtaining a bachelor's degree in history.
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Earl Boyea graduated in 1976 from the Gregorian University with a Bachelor of Sacred Theology.
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On May 20,1978, Earl Boyea was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Detroit by Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch at St Benedict Church in Waterford, Michigan.
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In 1979, Earl Boyea returned to the Gregorian University, obtaining his Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1980, with a thesis entitled Christology in Galatians.
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In 1986, Earl Boyea was named temporary administrator of St Christine Parish in Detroit.
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Earl Boyea obtained a Doctor of Church History from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC in 1987.
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From 1987 to 2000, Earl Boyea taught church history and scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, becoming dean of studies in 1990.
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Also in 1988, Earl Boyea served as the chaplain of Camp Sancta Maria, a Catholic boys' summer camp in Gaylord, Michigan.
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In 1990, Earl Boyea was transferred to Sacred Heart Parish in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
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Earl Boyea served on the presbyteral council from 1990 to 1991 and on the board of Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan, from 1994 to 2000.
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Earl Boyea left Camp Sancta Maria and Sacred Heart Parish in 1999.
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In 2001, Earl Boyea became a weekend assistant at St Mary Paris in Columbus, Ohio, while serving as the rector-president and a professor at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus.
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On July 22,2002, Earl Boyea was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of Detroit and titular bishop of Siccenna by Pope John Paul II.
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Earl Boyea served as regional bishop for the south region of the archdiocese.
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Earl Boyea belongs to the Catholic Biblical Association, and the American Catholic Historical Association.