Mark Sean Sisk (born in Takoma Park, Maryland, August 18, 1942)[1] was the 15th Episcopal Bishop of New York. He retired on February 2, 2013, when he was succeeded by Andrew M.L. Dietsche.
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Sisk received his B.S. in Economics from The University of Maryland in 1964.[2] He had a call to ministry, and went to The General Theological Seminary in New York City, where he earned his M.Div. in 1967.[2] He later received honorary doctorates from General Theological Seminary, Honorary Doctor of Divinity, in 1984, and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, in 1998.[2]
He is married to Karen Womack Calvert.[2] They have three children and three grandchildren.[2]
Sisk was a curate for three years at Christ Episcopal Church, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a priest for three more years at Christ Episcopal Church in Bronxville, New York.[2] He was then rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Kingston, New York from 1973-1977.[2] From 1977 through 1984, he was the Archdeacon of three suburban counties,[3] under the 13th Bishop of New York, Paul Moore.[2] As part of his duties, he started a Japanese congregation, now in Scarsdale, and a Latino congregation in Yonkers.[2]
From 1984 to 1998, Sisk was President and Dean of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.[2][4]
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