Edward Lohse

Edward Mark Lohse (born November 23, 1961) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as bishop for the Diocese of Kalamazoo in Michigan. Biography Early Life Lohse was born in 1961 and raised on a farm in McKean, Pennsylvania, the sixth of seven children of Edward and Ida (née Dedrick) Lohse. His family attended St. Francis Xavier church and he went to elementary school at Our Lady of Peace School in Mill Creek before graduating from Cathedral Preparatory School in 1980 and Gannon University in 1984, having begun college seminary formation at St. Mark Seminary. He completed graduate studies at Saint Vincent Seminary and earned his master's in divinity in 1988. He was ordained to the diaconate on October 22, 1988 and a priest by bishop Michael Joseph Murphy on April 21, 1989, at St. Peter Cathedral. Priesthood His first assignment following ordination was as a campus minister and teacher of theology, German, and Latin at Central Catholic High School and parochial vicar at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Corry. He also served as an adjunct professor at Gannon before becoming the diocesan chancellor in 2007.