The Episcopal Diocese of Ohio

Eleventh Bishop of Ohio

Mark Hollingsworth, Jr., was elected the Eleventh Bishop of Ohio on November 15, 2003, and consecrated on April 17, 2004 in Cleveland.  Born April 9, 1954, the son of the late Mark Hollingsworth and Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth, he and his four sisters were raised in Dover, Massachusetts.  He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976 from Trinity College, majoring in Religious Studies, and earned a Master of Divinity degree at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 1981. The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, Bishop of California, ordained him Deacon and Priest in 1981 and 1982, respectively. He and his wife, Susan Hunt Hollingsworth, are the parents of Sophie, Isaac, Eli, and Lily.

Resolutions passed by Diocesan Council, stemming from the work of the Mission Strategy Task Force, were reviewed and adopted at Council's February 14 and April 3, 2008 meetings.  Click here to review the adopted resolutions.

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