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The Rt. Rev. Bishop José A. McLoughli
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina
https://www.diocesewnc.org/meet-bishop-jose
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The Rev. Gaelyn Lei Evangreene
Rector | Campus Missioner for Western Carolina University
rector@stdavidscullowhee.org
Dr. Lillian Pearson | Organist
Graydon Elliot | Parish Administrator
The Rt. Rev. Bishop José A. McLoughlin
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina
José Antonio McLoughlin was consecrated as the seventh bishop, and first Hispanic, of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina on October 1, 2016.
Prior to his election as bishop of the diocese of Western North Carolina, José served as the Canon to the Ordinary and Chief-of-Staff for the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma since 2008. Previously, José served congregations in the dioceses of Southeast Florida and Virginia.
Ordained in 2005, José earned his Masters in Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Florida. Prior to his call to the priesthood, José worked in the criminal justice field serving in the state of Florida as a police officer and in the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. in various capacities, most recently as the special assistant/senior advisor to the assistant attorney general.
José and his wife Laurel have two children, Alexander and Alyson.