Mark Van Koevering

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
Orders
Consecration	September 14, 2003 by Njongonkulu Ndungane
Personal details
Born	Michigan, United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican (prev. Reformed Church)
Spouse	Helen Van Koevering
Children	3
Previous post	Bishop of Niassa (2003-2015) Assistant Bishop of West Virginia (2015-2018) Provisional Bishop of Lexington (2018-2019)

Biography

Van 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 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

• List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
• Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States

Notes and references

1. Niassa-Charleston, Living Church
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

• John D. Battersby (25 July 1987). "American Tells of Mozambique Raid". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-09-12.

• Morgan, Alison (2011). The Word on the Wind: Renewing Confidence in the Gospel. Monarch Books. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-85721-015-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Africa News. Africa News Service. 1987.
• Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Bellah Zulu (16 April 2013). "Mozambique bishop calls for peace". Anglican News. Anglican Communion Office. Retrieved 2014-09-12.

• {{Cite web

| title = Ad Laos - To the People of God, August 2013 - and July 2013 | author = +Thabo Cape Town | author-link= Thabo Makgoba | work = archbishop.anglicanchurchsa.org | date = 31 August 2013 | accessdate = 2014-09-12 | url = http://archbishop.anglicanchurchsa.org/2013/08/to-laos-to-people-of-god-august-2013.html | language = | ref=CITEREFMakgoba2013

• +Karla Ward (24 February 2018). "Episcopal Diocese of Lexington affirms Bishop Provisional". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved 2019-02-09.

• Vincent Dippenaar (Dec 2008). "God in Distant Land" (PDF). Anglican News. 18 (6). Pietermaritzburg: Anglican Diocese of Natal. Retrieved 2014-09-12.

External links

• Open Charities - Van Koevering Trust Fund
• Church of Sweden's Report on its assessment visit to Chikweti, Niassa
• Diocese of Niassa