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Bp. Mark was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] by Bp. Antoun on [[August 17]], 1997 and a [[priest]] on [[September 7]], 1997 in the Antiochian Archdiocese. He served as pastor of St. John's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and then at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
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.
In October 2010, Bp. Mark was released from the Antiochian Archdiocese to the Orthodox Church in America and ceased his duties as Bishop of Toledo.
