Background
Sowerby was born on 28 October 1963 in Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Mark Sowerby
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He was educated at King"s College, London. He studied for ordained at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.
Career
Since 2009, he has been the Bishop of Horsham, a suffragan bishop (formerly an area bishop) in the Diocese of Chichester. His first posts were curacies at Knaresborough and Darwen after which he was Vicar of Accrington then Vocations Officer and Selection Secretary in The Ministry Division. His last post before his appointment to the episcopate was as Team Rector of Saint Wilfrid"s Church, Harrogate.
One of his final acts as rector was to welcome a proposal from NEDL to erect a primary electricity station in the curtilage of the church.
This proposal, generated a criticism from, amongst others, the Victorian Society, Private Eye magazine and residents of Harrogate. During a protracted investigation — while there was a vacancy in the diocesan see — into the efficacy of safeguarding practices in the diocese, Sowerby was additionally Acting Bishop of Chichester.
(The senior suffragan of the diocese, Wallace Benn, Bishop of Lewes, was involved with the ongoing investigation)
In June 2015, he announced that he had changed his theological outlook and now supports the ordination of women as deacons, priests, and bishops. The Reverend Mark Sowerby (1988–2009)
The Right Reverend Mark Sowerby (2009–present).
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