Background
Lyons was born in Maryland raised in an Episcopal parish near Potomac, Maryland.
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Frank Lyons
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Lyons attended Wheaton College for both bachelor and master degrees. He attended seminary at Nashotah House, and after graduation unsuccessfully sought ordination in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.
Career
From 2001 to 2012, he was bishop of Bolivia. In 2012, he was appointed assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. At 17, he discerned a calling to serve as a bishop, based on 1 Timothy 3:1.
Why Lyons" pursuit of ordination there was refused is a matter of controversy.
They later served at churches in California, and then from 1993 to 2001 in Honduras. The Lyonses were supported by the Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders.
The diocese was very small. At the time of his election, it included only four parishes.
By 2012, that number had grown to eight.
These United States. parishes were known as the "Northern Deanery" of the Diocese of Bolivia. In August 2012, Lyons accepted an appointment as assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. Lyons will have a special assignment to oversee parishes outside of the Pittsburgh region.
