Mark Wroe
Mark Wroe | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Berwick | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Newcastle |
| In office | 2021 to present |
| Predecessor | Mark Tanner |
| Previous post | Archdeacon of Northumberland (2018–2020) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1996 (deacon) 1997 (priest) |
| Consecration | 5 January 2021 by Stephen Cottrell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 (age 55–56) |
| 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]
Biography
[edit]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.
He 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] He stepped down as acting diocesan bishop when Helen-Ann Hartley was installed as the next Bishop of Newcastle on 22 April 2023.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Diocese of Newcastle. "Installation of the Archdeacon of Northumberland - Diocese of Newcastle". newcastle.anglican.org. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Mark Wroe". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Suffragan Bishop of Berwick: Mark Wroe". GOV.UK. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Bishop of Newcastle appoints new Archdeacon of Northumberland - Newcastle Cathedral Church of St Nicholas". stnicholascathedral.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Diocese of Newcastle - News - Next Bishop of Berwick announced". Archived from the original on 20 October 2020.
- ^ "New Bishop of Berwick consecrated at York Minster - Newcastle Diocese".
- ^ "Bishop Christine bids emotional farewell as Bishop of Newcastle". Diocese of Newcastle. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Bishop of Newcastle". www.newcastle.anglican.org. Newcastle Diocese. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
