Mark Wroe


Mark Wroe
Bishop of Berwick
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Newcastle
In office2021 to present
PredecessorMark Tanner
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Northumberland (2018โ€“2020)
Orders
Ordination1996 (deacon)
1997 (priest)
Personal details
Born1969 (age 54–55)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materSt Mary's Roman Catholic College, Strawberry Hill
Ridley Hall, Cambridge

Mark Wroe (born 1969) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2021, he has served as Bishop of Berwick. Previously, from 2018 to 2020, he was Archdeacon of Northumberland[1] — both in the Church of England's Diocese of Newcastle.[2]

Biography

Wroe studied theology, religious studies and classics at St Mary's Roman Catholic College Strawberry Hill (SIMMS) from 1989 to 1992 (now St Mary's University, Twickenham): the Degrees were awarded by Surrey University. He trained for ordained ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1996 and as a priest in 1997. He served his title at All Saints, Chilvers Coton with St Mary the Virgin in Nuneaton in Warwickshire between 1996 and 2000. He was then appointed priest-in-charge and subsequently vicar at St Alban's Church, Windy Nook in Tyne and Wear. From 2007 until 2018, he was priest-in-charge of St Barnabas and St Jude, and vicar of Holy Trinity, Jesmond in Newcastle. In 2017, he also became Area Dean of the Central Newcastle Deanery.[3] In 2018, he became acting Archdeacon of Northumberland, being appointed to the position in 2019.[4]

On 20 October 2020, it was announced that Wroe is to be consecrated a bishop in "early 2021", to serve as Bishop of Berwick, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Newcastle.[5] He was duly consecrated on 5 January 2021, by Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, at York Minster.[6] On Christine Hardman's retirement, 30 November 2021, Wroe became acting diocesan Bishop of Newcastle (as sole suffragan bishop of the diocese).[7]

References

  1. ^ Diocese of Newcastle. "Installation of the Archdeacon of Northumberland - Diocese of Newcastle". newcastle.anglican.org. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Mark Wroe". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Suffragan Bishop of Berwick: Mark Wroe". GOV.UK. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Bishop of Newcastle appoints new Archdeacon of Northumberland - Newcastle Cathedral Church of St Nicholas". stnicholascathedral.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Diocese of Newcastle - News - Next Bishop of Berwick announced". Archived from the original on 20 October 2020.
  6. ^ "New Bishop of Berwick consecrated at York Minster - Newcastle Diocese".
  7. ^ "Bishop Christine bids emotional farewell as Bishop of Newcastle". Diocese of Newcastle. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.


Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Northumberland
2018โ€“2021
Succeeded by