Lucinda Beth Ashby is the fourth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real in the Episcopal Church.

The Right Reverend

Lucinda Ashby
Bishop of El Camino Real
Ashby in 2023
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseEpiscopal Diocese of El Camino Real
ElectedJune 1, 2019
In office2020–present
PredecessorMary Gray-Reeves
Orders
Ordination2004
by Jerry Lamb
ConsecrationJanuary 11, 2020
by Michael Curry
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
SpouseBob McEvilly
Children3
EducationChurch Divinity School of the Pacific
Alma materOberlin College

Biography

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Prior to ordination Ashby had a career in education, teaching music and Spanish in grades 7 to 12 and was later head of a school in Sacramento. After ordination to the priesthood in 2004 she was assistant rector of St Martin's Church in Davis, California and then rector of St Matthew's Church in Sacramento, California. In 2011 she was appointed canon to the ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho. She was elected bishop of El Camino Real on June 1, 2019, on the third ballot. She was then consecrated on January 11, 2020.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Bishop Lucinda Ashby", All Saints Episcopal Church Detroit. Retrieved on June 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "New Bishops for El Camino Real & Michigan", The Living Church, June 3, 2019. Retrieved on June 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "Lucinda Ashby elected next bishop of El Camino Real", Episcopal News Service, June 3, 2019. Retrieved on June 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "Bishop's Page", Diocese of El Camino Real. Retrieved on June 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "REV. LUCINDA BETH ASHBY", York School. Retrieved on June 4, 2023.