# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-hanson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:25:27.860Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-hanson"
name: "Mark Hanson"
slug: "mark-hanson"
description: "Mark S. Hanson is an American bishop who served as the third Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Before being elected presiding bishop, he served as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod as well as pastor of three Minnesota congregations: Prince of Glory Lutheran Church, Minneapolis; Edina Community Lutheran Church; and University Lutheran Church of Hope in Minneapolis. In addition to serving as Presiding Bishop, Hanson was the 11th President of the Lutheran World Federation."
tagline: "American bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_hanson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1946-12-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.00954
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hanson"
    title: "Mark Hanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مارك هانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hanson"
    title: "Mark Hanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مارک هنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hanson"
    title: "Mark Hanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1548956"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump