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{{short description|American Anglican bishop}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type        = Bishop
| honorific_prefix = [[The Right Reverend]]
| name        = Eric Menees
| title       = Bishop of San Joaquin
| image       = Bishop-eric-menees.jpg
| alt         = 
| caption     = Eric Menees marching with [[Anglicans for Life]] at the 2023 [[March for Life (Washington, D.C.)|March for Life]] in Washington, D.C.
| church      = [[Anglican Church in North America]]
| archdiocese = 
| diocese     = [[Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin|San Joaquin]]
| see         = 
| term        = 2011–present
| predecessor = [[John-David Schofield]]
| successor   = Incumbent
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| consecration   = September 24, 2011
| consecrated_by = Archbishop [[Robert Duncan (bishop)|Robert Duncan]]
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| birth_date    = {{birth year and age|1961}}
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'''Eric Vawter Menees''' (born 1961) is an American Anglican Bishop currently serving as bishop ordinary of the [[Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin]] of the [[Anglican Church in North America]] in California.<ref name="ModBee">{{cite news|last=Nowicki |first=Sue |title=Lord, not lawsuits, matters to new Oakdale bishop |url=http://www.modbee.com/2011/11/03/1932827/lord-not-lawsuits-matters-to-new.html |accessdate=27 September 2012 |newspaper=Modesto Bee |date=November 5, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Background ==

Menees was born and grew up in Southern [[California]]. After graduating from [[General Theological Seminary]] he was ordained in the [[Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin |title=Bishop Ordinary Profile |url=https://www.dioceseofsanjoaquin.net/bishop--staff.html |website=Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref> In addition to spending several months as a missionary in [[El Salvador]] and [[Mexico]], he has also served at parishes in east [[Los Angeles]], [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], [[San Diego]] and [[La Jolla]].<ref name="ModBee"/>

Menees served for the first period of his ministry priest in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]. He transferred his priestly orders to the oversight of the [[Anglican]] bishops from the [[Global South]] and in 2006 he planted a new Anglican church in the [[San Diego]] area.<ref name=UT>{{cite news|last=Dolbee|first=Sandi|title=A house divided carries on|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060916/news_1c16church.html|accessdate=27 September 2012|newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune|date=September 16, 2006}}</ref> On May 14, 2011, Menees was elected to succeed [[John-David Schofield]] as bishop of San Joaquin. He was consecrated on September 24 and enthroned on October 22.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bishop Eric Menees begins new ministry in San Joaquin |url=http://dioceseofsanjoaquin.net/latest/?p=1088 |accessdate=27 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025123419/http://dioceseofsanjoaquin.net/latest/?p=1088 |archivedate=25 October 2012 }}</ref>

In addition to his role as the bishop ordinary of San Joaquin, Menees serves as the president of [[Forward in Faith North America]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Menees elected president of Forward in Faith North America |url=https://anglican.ink/2021/07/14/eric-menees-elected-president-of-forward-in-faith-north-america/# |website=Anglican.ink |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref> the episcopal representative to [[Caminemos Juntos]], leads the Border Bishop's Conference, and serves as the [[Anglican Church in North America]]'s representative to the [[Anglican Church of South America]] and the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bishop Ordinary Profile |url=https://www.dioceseofsanjoaquin.net/bishop--staff.html |website=Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>

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