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Bishop Earl Boyea was named the fifth Bishop of Lansing in 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. Born in Pontiac, Michigan to a Catholic family. He entered Sacred Heart Seminary and High School in 1965 and was Ordained a Priest in 1978. Bishop Boyea received his doctorate in Church history from the Catholic University of America in 1987. 

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Bishop Boyea currently serves as the Episcopal Moderator of the United States Association of Consecrated Virgins, and on the Board of Directors of the Michigan Catholic Conference.

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Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he sits on the Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations.  

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Bishop Boyea also belongs to the Catholic Biblical Association, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, and American Catholic Historical Association.