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Bp. Mark was born in New Albany, Indiana on [[June 22]], 1958 and [[baptism|baptized]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. After graduation from high school in 1976 he attended Indiana University South East before transferring to Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma from which he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985. In 1987, he received a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Literature from Oral Roberts University where he accepted a position as Adjunct Professor of Old Testament. Introduced to Orthodox Christianity by Fr. George Eber and his professors of Church History, Bp. Mark was received into the Orthodox Church through Holy [[Chrismation]] in 1989. He then attended [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in Crestwood, New York, where in 1991 he earned a Master of Theology degree.

In 2004, he was elected [[bishop]] by the local synod of the Antiochian Archdiocese. On [[December 5]], 2004, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Damascus, Syria by Patr. [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV]] and other bishops. He was then [[enthronement|enthroned]] diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest at St. George Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio on [[August 25]], 2005.

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