The Very Rev. Shay Craig has been elected bishop of the Diocese of North Dakota. Dean Craig, who serves as dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Salina, Kansas was chosen on the first ballot from among four candidates by the diocesan convention meeting at Prairie Knights Casino & Resort in Fort Yates on 25 October 2025.

After completing The Episcopal Church’s consent process, the bishop-elect is scheduled to be ordained and consecrated by Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe on March 14, 2026.

The new bishop currently serves on the Episcopal Church’s Executive Council and has served as the Diocese of Western Kansas’s canon for congregational development and vitality and as standing committee chair.

Her candidate’s biography is printed below: