John Stowe

John Stowe Coat of Arms

John Stowe OFMConv (born April 15, 1966 in Amherst , Ohio ) is an American religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Lexington .

Life

John Stowe joined the religious order of the Minorites and initially studied philosophy and history at Saint Louis University . He then obtained a master's degree in theology ( Master of Divinity ) and a licentiate in church history at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley . He made his perpetual profession on August 1, 1992 and was ordained a priest on September 16, 1995 by Alexander James Quinn , Auxiliary Bishop in Cleveland .

After working in pastoral care in El Paso , he was vicar general in the diocese of El Paso from 2003 to 2010 . In 2010 he became Vicar Provincial of the Minorite Province and Rector of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey , Ohio .

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Lexington on March 12, 2015 . He was ordained episcopal by the Archbishop of Louisville , Joseph Edward Kurtz , on May 5 of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Fresno , Armando Xavier Ochoa , and the Bishop of San Isidro de El General , Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña OFMConv.

Web links

Entry for John Stowe on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Nomina del Vescovo di Lexington (USA). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 12, 2015, accessed March 12, 2015 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Ronald William Gainer	Bishop of Lexington since 2015	---

personal data
SURNAME	Stowe, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American religious, Roman Catholic Bishop of Lexington
DATE OF BIRTH	April 15, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amherst , Ohio

[Bulletin-1] A ^b ^c Nomina del Vescovo di Lexington (USA). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 12, 2015, accessed March 12, 2015 (Italian).