Church Anglican Name Mark Koevering In office 2003 – present Consecration July 2003 | Predecessor Paulino Manhique Diocese Diocese of Niassa Successor incumbent | |
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Mark Van Koevering is an American Anglican bishop.
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 as a Mennonite. He studied agriculture and theology at university, working first in China and then as an agriculturist with DanChurchAid in Niassa, Mozambique. There he met and married Helen, who was working with Save the Children, reuniting war orphans with their families. He became an Anglican and was a diocesan development officer when he felt called to the ministry. He trained in Wales and was working under Rowan Williams in Newport when the people of Niassa elected him as their bishop. His wife Helen was ordained shortly before leaving Wales in 2003 and is now Mark's chaplain.
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 assisting bishop at the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia.