Marc Handley Andrus

Infobox Bishop
name = The Right Reverend
Marc Handley Andrus
bishop_of = VIII Bishop of California


caption =
province = The Episcopal Church
diocese = California
see = Grace Cathedral
birth_name =
enthroned = 2006
ended= Incumbent
predecessor = William Edwin Swing
successor =
ordination = 25 April 1988
consecration = 22 July 2006
other_post = Suffragan Bishop
Diocese of Alabama
birth_date = birth date and age|1956|10|20
birthplace = Oak Ridge, Tennessee
death_date =
deathplace =
tomb =

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 Suffragan Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.

Biography

Marc Handley 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 Masters in Social Sciences from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg in 1982. After receiving his Masters 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, Andrus became Senior Associate at Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. While at Church of the Redeemer, Andrus was ordained priest on April 25, 1988.

In 1990, Andrus became Chaplain at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, until 1997 when he became Rector of Emmanuel Church in Middleburg, Virginia. He remained Rector of Emmanuel until his consecration as Bishop Suffragan for the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama on February 7, 2002.

Andrus is married to Shiela Andrus, PhD, Acting Director of the Sparkman Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Public Health, and they have two daughters: Chloe and Pilar.

ee also

* List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

References

# [http://episcopalbayarea.org/joomla/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=334&Itemid=87&pop=1&page=0 The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus elected Eighth Bishop of California] Sean McConnell, Episcopal Diocese of California, May 6th, 2006
# [http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/3577_74327_ENG_HTM.htm California diocese elects Marc Andrus as bishop] Episcopal News Service, May 7, 2006

External links

* [http://bishopmarc.vox.com// Bishop Marc]
* [http://episcopalbayarea.org// Episcopal Diocese of California]
* [http://www.gracecathedral.org/church/sermon/bishop_20060722.shtml// Grace Cathedral, Bishop Investiture Video Webcast Archives]