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Mark Green (bishop)

Mark Green (bishop)

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Mark Green MC (28 March 1917 2 August 2009) was the suffragan Bishop of Aston from 1972[1] to 1982. He was born into an ecclesiastical family[2] and educated at Rossall School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He studied for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon before a curacy at St Catherine's Gloucester.[3] After World War II service as a chaplain to the Forces[4] he held incumbencies at Hull and Acaster Malbis. He was then Rural Dean of Ainsty[5] before elevation to the episcopate. He retired in 1982.


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  1. D-Day chaplains are made bishops suffragan The Times Thursday, 23 March 1972; p. 19; Issue 58434; col E
  2. His father was the Rev E.W. Green OBE > Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. "Bishop and inspirational Army chaplain who drove a tank into battle to rescue wartime wounded" Daily Telegraph Issue no 47,966 (dated 24 September 2009) Obituaries p 31
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
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