Bishop Haverland was born and educated in Ohio through the attainment of his undergraduate degree (Kenyon College, 1978). He attained the degree of M.A. in theology from Duquesne University, where he also completed the Anglo-Catholic Studies Program. He attained a Ph.D. in religion from Duke University with a dissertation on the moral theology of Henry Hammond (1605-1660).

After curacies in Pittsburgh and Chapel Hill, NC, the then Father Haverland became the first rector of Saint Stephen’s Church, Athens, GA, in 1983. He was consecrated as fourth bishop of the Diocese of the South on January 31, 1998. He also serves as Episcopal visitor to the Deanery of Haiti, the Missionary Diocese of Southern Africa, and the Diocese of the United Kingdom. He is the author of Anglican Catholic Faith and Practice and of many articles and reviews in both Church and academic periodicals.

“The mission of the Diocese of the South and of the Anglican Catholic Church is to adore the Blessed Trinity; to preserve and extend the faith of the Seven Ecumenical Councils and of all the approved doctors and teachers of the Universal Church; to celebrate and present for the salvation of mankind the seven sacraments and to encourage resort to them as well as to prayer, the reading of Scripture, and all other means of grace; to work for the unity of all Orthodox and Catholic Christians; to do all of this by making full use of the glories of classical Anglican liturgy, music, poetry, sermons, and architecture. We seek to avoid all theological ambiguity where the consensus of the Eastern and Western Churches is clear, and to teach the truth always with charity and patience.”

--The Right Rev'd Mark D. Haverland