Mark Allen Bourlakas is the sixth bishop of the

Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America located in the southwest area of Virginia. It is in Province III (for the Middle Atlantic Middle or The Middle may refer to: * Cent ...

Biography

After studies at Sewanee: The University of the South and

Seabury-Western Theological Seminary Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (SWTS) was a seminary of the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church, located in Evanston, Illinois. It ceased operations as a residential seminary granting the Master of Divinity degree in May 201 ...

, he was ordained to the diaconate on May 24, 1997, and to the priesthood on December 6, 1997. After ordination, he served parishes in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. On November 20, 2006, the cathedral chapter elected him Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in

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. he was installed in 2007. Bourlakas was elected Bishop of Southwestern Virginia on March 9, 2013, and was consecrated on July 20, 2013, at the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre.Modisett, C.E
"Mark Allen Bourlakas ordained as Southwestern Virginia bishop"
''Episcopal News Service'', New York, 23 July 2013. Retrieved on 26 January 2020.

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Living people Sewanee: The University of the South alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Episcopal bishops of Southwestern Virginia {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub

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