The Rt. Rev. BMegan M. Traqair was ordained and consecrated the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California on June 29, 2019 at the Mondavi Center in Davis, CA.

Bishop Megan is an active follower of Jesus Christ and was raised in Santa Barbara when it was a sleepy town, graduated from Pomona College in Claremont and received her MDiv at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, IL. Ordained in 1992 in the Diocese of Los Angeles she has led congregations in Tucson, towns near South Bend and Indianapolis, and Los Angeles.

When she was Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Arizona, she ran all aspects of clergy Transition (deployment). She coached clergy and congregations in Conflict Resolution and leads Strategic Planning. She has mentored locally-raised Hispanic clergy and supported the Hispanic Program Group in the diocese. She was a key developer of a non-profit management program for clergy: “Best Skills - Best Churches – What Seminary Didn’t Teach You.” By popular demand it recently expanded to include lay leaders and ecumenical leaders.

Serving churches both in rural and urban areas, Megan has an enduring interest in church growth and the active formation of disciples. She values preaching and good liturgy which speaks to the people and strengthens us for engaging with Jesus and serving the world.

Her interests include gardening, genealogy, hiking and history. Her husband Philip is a pediatrician at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. They have been partners and best friends as well as parents. They have two children: Hannah who teaches high school in Tucson, and Benjamin, who is an engineer in Colorado.

Rev Linda is what is known as a “Cradle Episcopalian” and was baptized and brought up in St Michael’s Concord, in the Diocese of California. After school and a time in Southern California away from the church, she returned to St Michael’s in 1995 with her young daughter, shortly becoming involved in Vestry and Choir. She later agreed to lead the Youth Group and became involved in EFM, becoming a mentor. It was then she felt the call to ordained ministry. Leaving her secular job she entered seminary in 2001.

Linda began ordained ministry in 2006 in the Diocese of California. She served her deaconate in this Diocese at St Timothy, Gidley and was “priested” by B. Barry Beisner.

She was called to the Diocese of San Joaquin in 2008 first as Vicar of both St Andrew’s, Taft and St Michael’s, Ridgecrest (then worshipping outside their building due to a split in the diocese). She later added Interim Pastor at Emmanuel Lutheran, Bakersfield. Linda was also involved in a new Lutheran (ECLA) / Episcopal “hybrid” startup in Pine Mountain, called Open Door, and St Brigid’s in Bakersfield (which eventually merged with St Paul’s).

In 2013, St Michael’s got their building back! She went to serve that congregation as Prist in Charge and to live on campus. 

In 2016 she began transitioning toward retirement: In order to be closer to family, she was called to St John’s in Stockton where she served as Priest- in- Charge, enjoying the possibilities of this unique and decidedly urban ministry. In collaboration with the wonderful Deacon Steve Bentley, St John’s has had a remarkable rebirth with a Bicycle Ministry, Mobile Laundry, Showers, etc.

She served two terms on Diocesan Council (Diocese of San Joaquin) and has served on the Commission on Equality, the Finance Committee and as a peer Auditor. During the COVID pandemic, from 2020 to 2023, Linda worked as a Hospice Chaplain for Sutter Health.

Linda has served as Supply Clergy for Holy Trinity, Madera, Resurrection, Merced, St Anne’s Stockton, St John’s, Lodi and most recently St Mary’s, Elk Grove and St Luke’s Galt. She continues with Auditing and Compliance duties by contract with the Diocese of California.

Rev Linda has traveled widely to the Holy places of the church: The Holy Land, Rome and England. She has been on Misson in Belize after Hurricane Mitch, El Paso/Juarez and New Orleans with Youth Mission after Hurricane Katrina. She enjoys spending time with her family (3 grandchildren) who live in Elk Grove, her dogs, cooking and gardening.

The Rev. Dr. Jocelynn Hughes (she/her)
Jocelynn is currently the Director of Operations at "CA House," the PCUSA, UMC, and UCC campus ministry to UC Davis. A life-long Episcopalian, she felt called to ordination in high school, but wondered how God could use a ballerina for ministry. After earning her BA in Philosophy and Religion at Goucher College, she was awarded a fellowship for the PhD program in Philosophy at the University of South Florida. After completing her MA and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies there, her Bishop said, “Go to seminary,” and so she headed to Yale, where she earned an M.Div.

After ordination in 2004, she served as Associate Rector for children, youth, and young adults at St. Andrew’s in Encinitas, CA. Then, in 2008, she was called to be the Lutheran Episcopal Campus Chaplain at The Belfry, where she served for 10 years. Jocelynn rebuilt the student ministry there and, in 2012, launched a young adult service corps program called “LEVN." Due to the changing needs of her family, she left the Belfry to become a primary parent in 2018. During this hiatus, she earned a Doctor of Ministry from Emory, focusing on Church Leadership and Community Engagement. From 2020-2022, she was Rector of St. David’s Church and Preschool in San Diego.

Jocelynn is a mom of 3 rapidly growing kids and has been happily married for over 20 years. The family enjoys hockey, dance, Broadway musicals, and theme parks. They also love playing with their pet family members: a rescue dog named Sophia and a parakeet named Eliza.