Mark Green (bishop) explained

Mark Green (28 March 1917  - 2 August 2009) was the suffragan Bishop of Aston from 1972[1] to 1982. He was born into an ecclesiastical family 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.[2] After World War II service as a chaplain to the Forces[3] he held incumbencies at Hull and Acaster Malbis. He was then Rural Dean of Ainsty[4] before elevation to the episcopate. He retired in 1982.

Notes and References

  1. D-Day chaplains are made bishops suffragan The Times Thursday, 23 March 1972; p. 19; Issue 58434; col E
  2. http://www.stcatharine.org.uk/ Church web-site
  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 Directory]