Mark Napier Trollope (20 March 1862 – 1930) was the third Anglican Bishop in

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from 1911 until his death. Born on 28 March 1862 and educated at

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and

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, he was ordained in 1888. After a curacy at

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from 1887 to 1890, he spent a decade with the missionary team in

. After returning to

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he was successively

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of St Saviour's, Poplar, and

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. After some debate he was appointed to the post of Bishop in Korea, to which many others felt he was suited. He was consecrated bishop on St James's Day (25 July), by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. He served as President of the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch for 13 years. A keen chronicler of the emerging church, he died of a heart attack on 6 November 1930, brought about by shock when the ship on which he was returning from Europe after attending the Lambeth Conference collided with another vessel while entering harbour in Japan. Along with

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as Mother Superior, Trollope helped found the

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order of nuns in

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in 1925.

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1862 births 1930 deaths Anglican bishops in Korea British expatriates in Korea Korean bishops Alumni of New College, Oxford People educated at Lancing College {{Korea-bio-stub

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