Marc Andrus

The Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus
VIII Bishop of California
Province	The Episcopal Church
Diocese	California
See	Grace Cathedral
Enthroned	2006
Reign ended	Incumbent
Predecessor	William Edwin Swing
Other posts	Suffragan Bishop Diocese of Alabama
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Ordination	25 April 1988
Consecration	22 July 2006
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Born	October 20, 1956 (1956-10-20) (age 55) Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Marc Handley Andrus is the Eighth Bishop of California in The Episcopal Church. He was elected after three ballots in a special convention at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral on May 6, 2006, and was invested as Bishop of California on July 22, 2006. Prior to his election as Bishop of California, Andrus served as a suffragan bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.

Biography

Andrus was born on October 20, 1956, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to Mary Frances and Francis Andrus and was raised in Kingston, Tennessee. He received his Bachelor of Science in Plant Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1979 and a master's degree in social sciences from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg in 1982. After receiving his master's degree, Andrus went to work as a regional planner for the Accomack-Northhampton Planning District Commission on Virginia's Delmarva Peninsula.

In 1987, Andrus was awarded a Master of Divinity degree from the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. After being ordained deacon on June 20, 1987, he became the senior associate at the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr and was ordained priest on April 25, 1988.

In 1990, Andrus became the chaplain at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, until 1997 when he became rector of Emmanuel Church in Middleburg, Virginia. He remained there until his consecration as bishop suffragan for the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama on February 7, 2002.

Andrus is married to Sheila Andrus, the former Acting Director of the Sparkman Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Public Health. They have two daughters, Chloe and Pilar.

See also

Anglicanism portal

• Succession of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States

References

1. The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus elected Eighth Bishop of California Sean McConnell, Episcopal Diocese of California, May 6, 2006
2. California diocese elects Marc Andrus as bishop Episcopal News Service, May 7, 2006

External links

• Bishop Marc
• Episcopal Diocese of California
• Grace Cathedral, Bishop Investiture video webcast archives

Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by William Edwin Swing	8th Bishop of California 22 July 2006 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

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Name	Andrus, Marc Handley
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Date of birth	October 20, 1956
Place of birth	Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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