The Right Reverend Mark Hollingsworth D.D. | |
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Bishop of Ohio | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Ohio |
Elected | November 15, 2003 |
In office | 2004–2023 |
Predecessor | J. Clark Grew II |
Successor | Anne B. Jolly |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1982 by William E. Swing |
Consecration | April 17, 2004 by Wendell Gibbs |
Personal details | |
Born | Mark Hollingsworth Jr. April 11, 1954 |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Caroline Jeanes (mother) Mark Hollingsworth Sr. (father) |
Spouse |
Susan Melville Hunt
(
m. 1988) |
Children | 4 |
Education | Church Divinity School of the Pacific |
Alma mater | Trinity College |
Mark Hollingsworth Jr. (born April 9, 1954) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as the 11th Bishop of Ohio from 2003 to 2023. [1] [2]
Hollingsworth was the son of Caroline Jeanes and Mark Hollingsworth Sr., chairman of paper manufacturer Hollingsworth & Vose in East Walpole, Massachusetts. [1] [3] He was raised in Dover, Massachusetts, along with four sisters. [1] He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. [3]
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976 from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, majoring in religious studies. [1] There, he was a member of St. Anthony Hall. He received a Master of Divinity degree at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 1981. [1] Later, he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. [2]
William E. Swing, bishop of California, ordained him deacon and priest in 1981 and 1982, respectively. [1]
From 1981 to 1983, Hollingsworth was the chaplain of the Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco, California. [1] He served as the associate rector of St. Francis in-the-Fields Church in Harrods Creek, Kentucky from 1983 to 1986. [1] Next, he was rector of St. Anne's in-the-Fields in Lincoln, Massachusetts from 1986 to 1994. From 1994 to 2004, he was the Archdeacon of the Diocese of Massachusetts. [1]
On November 15, 2003, Hollingsworth was elected the 11th and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. [1] He was consecrated on April 17, 2004, in Cleveland, Ohio. [1]
Hollingsworth founded Epiphany at Sea, a program taking inner-city middle school students to sea on fishing schooners. [1] [2] He was a conference leader for CREDO, and served on its advisory board. [2] [1] His is also a trustee for the Bexley-Seabury Seminary, Episcopal Preaching Foundation, the Ocean Classroom Foundation, the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and Kenyon College. [1] [2] [4]
Hollingsworth married Susan Melville Hunt on July 30, 1988. [1] [2] [3] She was a candidate for a Ph.D. from Harvard University. [3] She is the daughter of Priscilla and Richard M. Hunt of Cambridge, Massachusetts. [3] Her father was a marshal and senior lecturer of Harvard University. [3] They are the parents of Sophie, Isaac, Eli, and Lily. [1] [2]