Douglas Sparks

The Right Reverend Douglas Sparks
Bishop of Northern Indiana
Doug Sparks celebrating Holy Eucharist on Ash Wednesday in 2016
Church	Episcopal Church
See	Northern Indiana
Predecessor	Edward S. Little II
Orders
Ordination	June 1983 (deacon) June 1984 (priest) by Jesus Dosado, Archbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines
Consecration	June 25, 2016 by Michael Bruce Curry
Personal details
Born	January 8, 1956 (aged 61)
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglicanism
Residence	Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Spouse	Dana Wirth
Previous post	St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Rochester, Minnesota
Alma mater	St. Mary's Seminary College

Douglas Everett Sparks (born January 8, 1956) is an American Anglican bishop and former Roman Catholic priest. He is the eighth and current bishop of Northern Indiana in The Episcopal Church.

Sparks studied Philosophy at St. Mary's Seminary College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in May 1980. He attended the De Andreis Institute of Theology, from which he graduated with a Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree in June 1984.

Sparks was ordained in the Roman Catholic Church as a deacon in June 1983 and to the priesthood in June 1984. He then served as a priest in Missouri, Colorado, and Illinois.

On June 4, 1989, Sparks was received into the Episcopal Church. Sparks served as Rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Whitewater, Wisconsin from 1990-95.

After a further incumbency at St Matthias in Waukesha, Wisconsin, he spent eighteen months serving as Dean of Saint Paul's Cathedral, [Wellington, New Zealand. Upon his return he became Rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Rochester, Minnesota.