Background
He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
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Mark Davies
Edit Profilepriest Bishop of Middleton Archdeacon of Rochdale
Education
After graduating from the University of Leeds he studied for the Anglican ministry at the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield.
Career
His first pastoral appointment was as a curate at St Mary's Church in Barnsley from 1989 to 1992, after which he served as the Priest-in-Charge at St Paul’s Church, Old Town, Barnsley from 1992 to 1995. His next appointment was as Rector of Hemsworth from 1995 to 2006. He was also an honorary canon of Wakefield Cathedral from 2002 to 2006.
He moved from the Diocese of Wakefield to the Diocese of Manchester and was appointed the Archdeacon of Rochdale in 2006. Episcopal ministry
He was nominated Bishop of Middleton on 10 March 2008 in succession to Michael Lewis who was translated to the Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf. At the time of his appointment, he was the Church’s youngest bishop.
Davies, along with Chris Edmondson (Bishop of Bolton) and Robert Paterson (Bishop of Sodor and Man), was consecrated on 25 April 2008 at York Minster by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York. He was installed at Manchester Cathedral on 27 April 2008. Davies' residence is The Hollies, Manchester Road, Rochdale in Greater Manchester.
He has immediate Episcopal concern over all of the Archdeaconry of Rochdale, and, within the Archdeaconry of Manchester, the deaneries of the city of Manchester. Between the retirement of Nigel McCulloch on 17 January 2013 and David Walker's confirmation on 7 October 2013, Davies and Edmondson were (co-equally) acting Bishops of Manchester. The Reverend Mark Davies (1989–2002)
The Reverend Canon Mark Davies (2002–2006)
The Venerable Mark Davies (2006–2008)
The Right Reverend Mark Davies (2008–present).
Membership
Whilst at Hemsworth, he was a Vocations Advisor and Assistant Director of Ordinands for the Diocese of Wakefield from 1998 to 2006, and Rural Dean of Pontefract and member of the General Synod from 2000 to 2006.
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