Mark Wroe | |
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Bishop of Berwick | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Newcastle |
In office | 2021 to present |
Predecessor | Mark Tanner |
Other post(s) | Archdeacon of Northumberland (2018–2020) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1996 (deacon) 1997 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1969 (age 52–53) |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater | St 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]
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]
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