Background
The son of Mark Hollingsworth, Snr and Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth, he and his four sisters were raised in Dover, Massachusetts.
The son of Mark Hollingsworth, Snr and Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth, he and his four sisters were raised in Dover, Massachusetts.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976 from Trinity College, majoring in Religious Studies, and earned a Master of Divinity degree at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 1981.
The Rt. Review William East. Swing, Bishop of California, ordained him Deacon and Priest in 1981 and 1982, respectively. In the dioceses of California, Kentucky, and Massachusetts he served a variety of organizations including diocesan clergy associations, hospital and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ministry boards, diocesan trustees and councils, camp and conference center boards, and as chaplain to his local fire department. He was a Clerical Deputy to both the 2000 and 2003 General Conventions from the Diocese of Massachusetts.
He currently serves on the CREDO Advisory Board and as trustee for the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, the Episcopal Preaching Foundation, the Ocean Classroom Foundation, and Kenyon College.