Mark Nordstrom

Mark Nordstrom is an American bishop of the Anglican Church in North America. A retired U.S. Army chaplain, from 2018 to 2025 he was bishop suffragan in the ACNA's Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (SJAFC).

Early life and education Nordstrom joined the Army at age 18 Nordstrom married Christine Patrizio in 1979, with whom he had three children and six grandchildren. His two sons also served in the Army.

In 1987, Nordstrom entered ordained ministry in Baptist churches.

Chaplaincy career

In 1990, Nordstrom returned to military service under a direct commission as a chaplain. His assignments as a chaplain included light infantry battalions, a field artillery battalion and a mechanized infantry brigade. He was also an observer controller at the Combat Maneuver Training Center in Hohenfels, Germany, and in the Combat Developments Directorate of the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Episcopacy

In 2010, Nordstrom was ordained in the Anglican Church in North America. Nordstrom was consecrated as SJAFC bishop suffragan alongside Michael Williams on April 12, 2018, in Birmingham, Alabama. As bishop suffragan, Nordstrom oversees pastoral care and support for chaplains and their family members.

Williams and Nordstrom retired in 2025 and were replaced by newly elected bishops Jay Cayangyang and Marshall MacClellan. After retiring in 2025, he was inhibited from ministry in the ACNA in January 2026. He was indicted on canonical charges in the ACNA in May 2026, although by that point he had joined the breakaway Anglican Reformed Catholic Church founded by former ACNA chaplaincy bishop Derek Jones.