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

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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 St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham. After some debate he was appointed to the post of Bishop in Korea, to which many others felt he was suited. He was

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bishop on St James's Day (25 July), by

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, at

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. He served as President of the

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for 13 years. A keen

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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

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collided with another vessel while entering harbour in Japan. Along with Mother Mary Clare as Mother Superior, Trollope helped found the

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order of

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in 1925.

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