John Stowe

His Excellency, The Most Reverend John Eric Stowe O.F.M. Conv.
Bishop of Lexington
Archdiocese	Louisville
Diocese	Lexington
Appointed	March 12, 2015
Installed	May 5, 2015
Predecessor	Ronald William Gainer
Orders
Ordination	September 16, 1995 by Alexander James Quinn
Consecration	May 5, 2015 by Joseph Edward Kurtz, Armando Xavier Ochoa, and Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña
Personal details
Born	(1966-04-15) April 15, 1966 (age 51) Amherst, Ohio
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	John & Lucy Stowe
Alma mater	Saint Louis University Jesuit School of Theology
Motto	"ANNUNTIAMUS VERBUM VITAE" (We Announce the Word of Life)

Styles of John Eric Stowe

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv., (born April 15, 1966) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church currently serving as the third Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington in Kentucky.

Stowe was born in Amherst, Ohio, on April 15, 1966 to John and Lucy Stowe and grew up in Lorain, Ohio. After graduating from high school, in 1985 he was admitted as a candidate to the Province of Our Lady of Consolation of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, founded by St. Francis of Assisi. When he had completed his Novitiate year and been admitted to the Order, he was sent to study at Saint Louis University in Missouri for his higher studies, from which he graduated with a double major in both history and philosophy. He was then allowed to profess solemn vows in the Order on August 1, 1992.

Stowe then chose to pursue his seminary studies at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California. He received the degrees of Master of Divinity and a Licentiate of Sacred Theology, having emphasized in the study of Church history. He was then ordained as a priest on September 16, 1995. After this, he was assigned by his Province to serve in parishes in El Paso, Texas.