Mark Hanson

Mark Hanson
Bishop Mark S. Hanson  M.Div.
Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Hanson speaking at the inauguration of Augsburg College President Paul C. Pribbenow on Oct. 20, 2006.
Church Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Enthroned August 11, 2001
Predecessor H. George Anderson
Personal details
Birth name Mark S. Hanson
Born 2 December 1946 (1946-12-02) (age 64)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nationality Irish-American
Denomination Lutheran - ELCA
Residence Chicago, Illinois
Spouse Ione Agrimson Hanson
Children Aaron, Alyssa, Rachel, Ezra, Isaac and Elizabeth
Alma mater Augsburg College, Union Theological Seminary, Luther Seminary, Harvard University Divinity School
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Mark S. Hanson (born December 2, 1946) is the third and current Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Before being elected presiding bishop, he served as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod. Prior to being elected synod bishop, he served as pastor of three Minnesota congregations: Prince of Glory Lutheran Church, Minneapolis; Edina Community Lutheran Church; and University Lutheran Church of Hope in Minneapolis.[1] In addition to serving as Presiding Bishop, Hanson was the 11th President of the Lutheran World Federation.

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Biography

Early Life and Education

Mark S. Hanson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 2, 1946. He was raised in a Lutheran family in Minnesota. His father was a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Hanson graduated from Minnehaha Academy in 1964, and earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Augsburg College in 1968. He was a Rockefeller Fellow at Union Theological Seminary from 1968 to 1969, where he received a Master of Divinity degree in 1972, and attended Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1973 to 1974. He was a Merrill Fellow at Harvard University Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1979.

Religious Career

Following his ordination in 1974, Hanson served as pastor at Prince of Glory Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1973 to 1979; Edina Community Lutheran Church, Edina, Minnesota, from 1979 to 1988; and University Lutheran Church of Hope, Minneapolis, from 1988 to 1995. He was elected Bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in 1995, and had been reelected to a second term prior to his election as Presiding Bishop of the ELCA in 2001.[2]

In 2003, Hanson was elected President of the Lutheran World Federation, a role which he served concurrently with his role as ELCA Presiding Bishop. He serves on the executive council on the executive board of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Hanson is author of Faithful Yet Changing: The Church in Challenging Times (Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis: 2002). In 2007 Hanson was reelected on the second ballot, making him the longest-serving Presiding Bishop in the ELCA's history.[3]

Bishop of the E.L.C.A.

In 2005, he mourned the death of Pope John Paul II, especially for his contributions to the ecumenical movement.[4] Since being elected presiding bishop, he has received several honorary degrees, including Doctor of Humane Letters from Augsburg College, Wittenberg University, and Grand View University, Doctor of Humanities from Capital University, Doctor of Divinity from Lenoir-Rhyne College, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Susquehanna University, Wartburg College, and The Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administration.

Personal

He is married to Ione (Agrimson) Hanson from Hettinger, North Dakota. Before the Hansons moved to Chicago, she was director of social work at Minneapolis and St. Paul Children's Hospitals. The Hansons are the parents of Aaron, Alyssa, Rachel, Ezra, Isaac and Elizabeth, and grandparents to Naomi, Kingston, Sam, Danielle.[5]

Publications

He is the author of Faithful Yet Changing; the Church in Challenging Times, and Faithful and Courageous; Christians in Unsettling Times, both from Augsburg Fortress Publishers.

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Preceded by
Lowell Erdahl
Bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod
1995-2001
Succeeded by
Paul Werger
Preceded by
H. George Anderson
Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
2001–
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Christian Krause
President of the Lutheran World Federation
2003-2010
Succeeded by
Munib Younan



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