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Mark S. Hanson

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Mark S. Hanson, American bishop. Ordained 1974. Named a Rockefeller fellow, Union Theological Seminary, 1969, Merrill fellow, Harvard University, 1979.

Background

  • Hanson, Mark S. was born on December 2, 1946 in Minneapolis.

    • Education

    • Graduate, Minnehaha Academy, 1964; Bachelor Sociology, Augsburg College, 1968; Master of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1972; Student, Luther Seminary; Doctor (honorary), Augsburg College; Doctor (honorary), Capital University; Doctor (honorary), Lenoir-Rhyne College; Doctor (honorary), Wartburg Theological Seminary; Doctor (honorary), Academy Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administrator.

    Career

    • Pastor Prince of Glory Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, 1973—1979, Edina Community Lutheran Church, Edina, 1979—1988, University Lutheran Church, Hope, Minneapolis, 1988—1995. Bishop St. Paul Area Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church America, 1995. Director social work Minnesota St. Paul Children’s Hospital, 1995—2001.

      Presiding bishop Evangelical Lutheran Church America, since 2001. President Minnesota Council Churches, 1998—2000, Lutheran World Federation, 2003—2010.

    Major achievements

    • Ordained 1974.

    Works

    • Author: Faithful Yet Changing: The Church in Challenging Times, Faithful and Courageous, Christians in Unsettling Times.

    Connections

    • Married Ione Agrimson. Children: Aaron Hanson, Alyssa, Rachel, Ezra, Isaac, Elizabeth.
    • child: Aaron Hanson
    • child: Alyssa Hanson
    • child: Rachel Hanson
    • child: Ezra Hanson
    • child: Isaac Hanson
    • child: Elizabeth Hanson
    • spouse: Ione Agrimson
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    Born December 2, 1946
    (age 69)
    Minneapolis
    Nationality
    American
    • 1964
      Minnehaha Academy
    • 1968
      Augsburg College
    • 1972
      Union Theological Seminary
    • 1973 - 1979
      Pastor Prince of Glory Lutheran Church
      Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
    • 1979 - 1988
      Pastor Prince of Glory Lutheran Church
      Edina, Missouri, United States
    • 1988 - 1995
      Pastor Prince of Glory Lutheran Church
      Hope, Idaho, United States
    • 1995
      bishop St. Paul Area Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church America
    • 1995 - 2001
      director, social work Minnesota St. Paul Children?COs Hospital
    • 2001
      presiding bishop Evangelical Lutheran Church America
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