Earl Boyea

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Earl Boyea
Bishop of Lansing
Archdiocese	Detroit
Diocese	Lansing
Appointed	February 27, 2008
Installed	April 29, 2008
Predecessor	Carl Frederick Mengeling
Orders
Ordination	May 20, 1978 by Joseph Leopold Imesch
Consecration	February 27, 2008 by Adam Maida, Timothy Broglio, and Thomas Joseph Tobin
Personal details
Born	(1951-04-10) April 10, 1951 Pontiac, Michigan
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Motto	IN MANUS TUAS

Styles of Earl Boyea

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Earl Alfred Boyea Jr. (born April 10, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is Bishop of Lansing.

Biography

Earl Boyea was born in Pontiac, Michigan, the eldest of the ten children of Earl and Helen Boyea, Sr. He was raised in Waterford and attended church and school at Our Lady of the Lakes^[1] as a child. He studied at Sacred Heart Seminary High School from 1965 to 1973, obtaining his bachelor's degree in history, then he traveled to Rome, where he studied at the Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University (1973–1977), earning his bachelor's degree in sacred theology from the latter in 1976.

He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph Imesch on May 20, 1978, while serving as a deacon at St. Benedict Church in Pontiac. Boyea then served as associate pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Monroe until 1979, and returned to the Gregorian in Rome, from where he obtained his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1980, with a thesis entitled: "Christology in Galatians". Upon his return to the United States, Boyea was associate pastor of St. Timothy Parish in Trenton until 1984, whence he earned his master's in American history from Wayne State University, with a thesis entitled: "John Samuel Foley, Third Bishop of Detroit: His Ecclesiastical Conflicts in the Diocese of Detroit, 1888–1900".

In 1986, he was named Temporary Administrator of St. Christine Parish in Detroit. Boyea obtained his PhD in Church history from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1987, and served as a weekend assistant at St. Joseph Parish in Lake Orion (1987–1988), Holy Family Parish in Novi (1988–1990), and Sacred Heart Parish in Auburn Hills (1990–1999). From 1988 to 1999, he was also the chaplain of Camp Sancta Maria, a Catholic boys' summer camp in Gaylord.

He sat on the Archdiocesan Presbyteral Council from 1990 to 1991, and on the Academic Concerns Committee of Madonna University's Board of Trustees from 1994 to 2000. From 1987 to 2000, he taught Church history and scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, of which he became Dean of Studies in 1990. Boyea was raised to the rank of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness on January 18, 2000. He was a weekend assistant at St. Mary Paris in German Village, Ohio (2001–2002) while concurrently serving as the Rector-President and a professor at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus. A prolific author, he was also made editor of the North Central Association Self-Study Report in 1994, of the United States Catholic Conference Self-Study Report in 1995, of the Association of Theological Schools Self-Study Report in 1996, and of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Seminary Visitation Report in 1998.

On July 22, 2002, Boyea was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Siccenna by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 13 from Cardinal Adam Maida, with Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio and Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin serving as co-consecrators. During his tenure as an auxiliary, Boyea served as Regional Bishop for the south region (2002–2003) and for the northeast region (2003–2008) of the archdiocese.

Pope Benedict XVI later named him the fifth Bishop of Lansing on February 27, 2008, after accepting the resignation of Carl Mengeling. Boyea, who was formally installed as Lansing's ordinary on April 29, is the spiritual leader of the 222,500 Catholics in the diocese.^[2]

Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he sits on the Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, having formerly sat on the Committee on Boundaries of Dioceses and Provinces and on Priestly Formation and Committee on Selection of Bishops.^[3] The Bishop also belongs to the Catholic Biblical Association, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, and American Catholic Historical Association.

References

↑ http://ollwaterford.org/
↑ Archdiocese of Detroit. Pope Appoints Bishop Boyea to Lansing February 27, 2008
↑ USCCB Office of Media Relations. Pope Accepts Resignation Of Lansing Bishop Mengeling, Names Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Earl Boyea To Succeed Him February 27, 2008

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Carl Frederick Mengeling	Bishop of Lansing 2008–present	Succeeded by incumbent

Diocese of Lansing

Bishops	Ordinaries Joseph H. Albers Alexander M. Zaleski Kenneth Joseph Povish Carl Frederick Mengeling Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Auxiliaries Michael Joseph Green James Stephen Sullivan

Churches	Cathedral St. Mary Cathedral, Lansing Parishes St. Mary of Good Counsel Church, Adrian St. Patrick's Church, Ann Arbor St. Joseph Church and Shrine, Cambridge Township St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Jackson Former parish St. Elizabeth's Church, Tecumseh

Education	Higher Education Siena Heights University High Schools Father Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor Lansing Catholic High School, Lansing Lumen Christi Catholic High School, Jackson Powers Catholic High School, Flint St. Thomas More Academy, Burton

Priests	Paul Vincent Donovan Steven J. Raica

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Archdiocese of Detroit

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Detroit

Bishops	Frederick Rese Caspar Borgess John Samuel Foley Michael Gallagher

Coadjutor bishop	Peter Paul Lefevere

Archbishops	Edward Aloysius Mooney John Francis Dearden Edmund Szoka Adam Maida Allen Henry Vigneron

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Churches in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Parishes	Detroit Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Most Holy Redeemer Church Our Lady of the Rosary Church Sacred Heart Church St. Albertus Church Ste. Anne de Detroit Church St. Catherine of Siena Church St. Charles Borromeo Church St. Josaphat's Church St. Joseph Church St. Mary Church St. Patrick Church Saints Peter and Paul Church St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church Sweetest Heart of Mary Church Monroe County St. Mary's Church, Monroe St. Michael's Church, Monroe Wayne County St. Paul Church, Grosse Pointe Farms St. Florian Church, Hamtramck Our Lady of the Scapular Parish, Wyandotte Former St. Boniface Church, Detroit St. Theresa of Avila Church, Detroit St. Thomas the Apostle's Church, Detroit

Shrine	National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak

Education in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Higher education	Madonna University Marygrove College University of Detroit Mercy

Seminaries	Sacred Heart Major Seminary SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary

High schools	Macomb County De La Salle Collegiate High School, Warren Regina High School, Warren Austin Catholic High School, Ray Township Monroe County St. Mary Catholic Central High School, Monroe Oakland County Academy of the Sacred Heart High School, Bloomfield Hills Bishop Foley Catholic High School, Madison Heights Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield Hills Detroit Catholic Central High School, Novi Everest Academy and High School, Independence Township Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills Mercy High School, Farmington Hills Notre Dame Preparatory, Pontiac Our Lady of the Lakes High School, Waterford Shrine Catholic High School, Royal Oak St. Mary's Preparatory, Orchard Lake Village St. Catherine of Siena Academy, Wixom St. Clair County Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, Marine City Wayne County Cabrini High School, Allen Park Detroit Cristo Rey High School, Detroit Divine Child High School, Dearborn Gabriel Richard Catholic High School, Riverview Ladywood High School, Livonia Loyola High School, Detroit University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, Detroit

Former	Higher education Duns Scotus College Maryglade College High schools Girls Catholic Central High School, Detroit Holy Redeemer High School, Detroit Notre Dame High School, Harper Woods Sacred Heart High School, Roseville Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Wyandotte

Clergy of the Archdiocese of Detroit

Auxiliary bishops	Moses Anderson Allen James Babcock Leonard Paul Blair Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Joseph M. Breitenbeck Kevin Michael Britt Michael J. Byrnes Arturo Cepeda Patrick R. Cooney Henry Edmund Donnelly John Anthony Donovan Daniel E. Flores Thomas Gumbleton Donald Hanchon Bernard Joseph Harrington Walter A. Hurley Joseph Leopold Imesch Edward D. Kelly Arthur Henry Krawczak Dale Joseph Melczek John Clayton Nienstedt Joseph C. Plagens John M. Quinn Francis R. Reiss Walter Joseph Schoenherr Allen Henry Vigneron Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki Alexander M. Zaleski

Priests	Alexander Joseph Brunett Solanus Casey Charles Coughlin Francis Kelley Camillus Paul Maes Jeffrey Marc Monforton William Murphy John A. Trese Kenneth Edward Untener

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