In 1929, Bloy graduated from the seminary, married Frances Forbes Cox and was ordained priest in June by Presiding Bishop John Gardner Murray.

[2] In 1933, Bloy and his wife moved to La Jolla, California where he joined the staff of St. James Church.

[3] At the time of his consecration, the diocese had 70,000 members and when he retired, the membership had doubled and he had overseen the creation of 42 new churches and a diocesan budget that grown 400 percent.

After the Watts Riots, the bishop helped provide funding for youth of the area to establish an auto repair shop.

The resulting institution was renamed Bloy House and continues to provide training for Episcopal clergy.