Mark Davies (bishop of Shrewsbury)

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Mark Davies
Bishop of Shrewsbury
Bishop Mark Davies (cropped).jpg
Davies in 2011
Church Roman Catholic Church
Province Birmingham
Diocese Shrewsbury
Appointed22 December 2009
Installed1 October 2010
Predecessor Brian Noble
Orders
Ordination11 February 1984
by  Thomas Holland
Consecration22 February 2010
by  Brian Noble
Personal details
Born (1959-05-12) 12 May 1959 (age 64)
Nationality English
Denomination Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)
MottoNihil Sine Christo
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Mark Davies.svg

Mark Davies (born 12 May 1959) is a British Roman Catholic prelate. He is the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Shrewsbury in the Province of Birmingham, England. [1] [2]

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Early life

Born in Manchester, Lancashire in 1959, he attended two schools in Longsight: St Richard's R.C. Primary School and St Robert's R.C. Primary School, and two others in Heaton Chapel, Stockport: Broadstone Hall Primary School and St Anne's Roman Catholic High School. Following his secondary education, he attended the University of Durham and trained for the priesthood at Ushaw College, Durham for the Diocese of Salford. [2]

Priestly career

He was ordained a priest on 11 February 1984 at St Joseph's Church, Reddish, Stockport, by the Right Reverend Thomas Holland, Bishop of Salford. [2] His first pastoral appointments was as an assistant priest at Our Lady of Grace's Church in Prestwich from March to September 1984, followed by at St Mary's Church, Swinton from September 1984 to December 1988. [2]

In January 1988, he was appointed the private secretary to Bishop Patrick Kelly of Salford (later Archbishop of Liverpool), a post in which Davies remained until December 1992. [2]

He was appointed the parish priest at St John Bosco's Church, Blackley, Manchester (1992–2003) and became the Dean of North Manchester Deanery. [2] He was appointed the Vicar General of the Diocese of Salford from January 2003 to February 2009. [2]

He was appointed the parish priest at St Teresa's Church, Little Lever (2003–05), then at St Joseph's Church, Longsight (2005–07), and then at Holy Family Church, New Springs, Wigan (2008–09). [2]

Episcopal career

On 22 December 2009, he was appointed the Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury, and consecrated to the episcopate at St Anthony's Church, Wythenshawe, Manchester on the 22 February 2010. The principal consecrator was Brian Noble, Bishop of Shrewsbury; the principal co-consecrators were Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool and Terence Brain, Bishop of Salford. [2] [3] [4]

On the retirement of Brian Noble on 1 October 2010, Davies succeeded as the 11th Bishop of Shrewsbury. [1] [5] [6]

Views

Davies opposed the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the UK, calling it a "seismic shift". [7] In 2016, he supported the establishment of a Shrewsbury chapter of Courage International, an organisation that promotes celibacy for gay Catholics. [8]

Ahead of the 2019 general election, Davies opposed political parties making manifesto statements of support for abortion, which were previously the decision of individual candidates. He told Catholics to think carefully about their vote for this reason. [9]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Bishop of Shrewsbury - The Diocese of Shrewsbury - The Diocese of Shrewsbury". www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. "Monsignor Mark Davies announced as new Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury" [ permanent dead link ], 22 December 2009.
  4. "Bishop Mark Davies ordained as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Shrewsbury", Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  5. "Shrewsbury's new Catholic bishop succeeds in October". BBC News: Shropshire. 7 September 2010.
  6. "New Bishop of Shrewsbury hoping for long career". BBC News: Shropshire. 2 October 2010.
  7. "Bishop of Shrewsbury: Same-sex marriage 'cannot change' Christian definition". BBC News. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  8. Dodd, Liz (21 April 2016). "Davies to launch controversial LGBT group in Shrewsbury". The Tablet. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  9. Todman, Lucy (6 December 2019). "Bishop of Shrewsbury attacks election pledges to decriminalise abortion". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 20 February 2021.