Mark Van Koevering is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who is the eighth and current Bishop of Lexington.
The Right Reverend Mark Van Koevering | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lexington | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Lexington |
| Elected | November 1, 2019 |
| In office | 2019–present |
| Predecessor | Douglas Hahn |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Niassa (2003-2015) Assistant Bishop of West Virginia (2015-2018) Provisional Bishop of Lexington (2018-2019) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | September 14, 2003 by Njongonkulu Ndungane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican (prev. Reformed Church) |
| Spouse | Helen Van Koevering |
| Children | 3 |
Biography
editVan Koevering was consecrated as Bishop of Niassa, Mozambique, part of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, in 2003, where he served until November 2015.
Van Koevering was raised in the Christian Reformed Church. He studied agriculture and plant breeding at university, working in Thailand, China and then as an agriculturist with DanChurchAid in Niassa, Mozambique. There he met and married Helen, who was working with the Christian Council of Mozambique, reuniting war orphans with their families. He was the diocesan director of development when he felt called to the ministry. He trained Trinity College, Bristol and was ordained in Wales, working under Rowan Williams, the then archbishop[clarification needed] in Newport when the people of Niassa elected him as their bishop. His wife Helen was ordained shortly before leaving Wales in 2003.
Until April 2011 the Van Koeverings' ministry in Niassa was supported through USPG. In April 2011 The Van Koevering Trust Fund was set up to secure funds for the furthering of the Van Koeverings' ministry in Niassa.
In November 2015, he moved back to the United States, to become the assistant bishop at the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia.[1] In February 2018, he became the Bishop Provisional of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington[2] On November 1, 2019, Bishop Van Koevering was elected the eighth diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington.
See also
editNotes and references
edit- ^ Niassa-Charleston, Living Church
- ^ "Episcopal Diocese of Lexington affirms bishop provisional | Lexington Herald Leader". Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- John D. Battersby (25 July 1987). "American Tells of Mozambique Raid". New York Times. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- Morgan, Alison (2011). The Word on the Wind: Renewing Confidence in the Gospel. Monarch Books. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-85721-015-9.
- Africa News. Africa News Service. 1987.
- Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- Bellah Zulu (16 April 2013). "Mozambique bishop calls for peace". Anglican News. Anglican Communion Office. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- +Thabo Cape Town (31 August 2013). "Ad Laos - To the People of God, August 2013 - and July 2013". archbishop.anglicanchurchsa.org. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- +Karla Ward (24 February 2018). "Episcopal Diocese of Lexington affirms Bishop Provisional". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- Vincent Dippenaar (December 2008). "God in Distant Land" (PDF). Anglican News. Vol. 18, no. 6. Pietermaritzburg: Anglican Diocese of Natal. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
