Mark Ashcroft
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The Right Reverend Mark Ashcroft |
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| Bishop of Bolton | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Province | Province of York |
| Diocese | Diocese of Manchester |
| In office | 2016–present |
| Predecessor | Chris Edmondson |
| Other posts | Archdeacon of Manchester (2009–2016) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1982 (deacon) 1983 (priest) |
| Consecration | 18 October 2016 by John Sentamu |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Mark David Ashcroft |
| Born |
3 September 1954 Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Sally |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater |
Worcester College, Oxford Ridley Hall, Cambridge Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
Mark David Ashcroft (born 3 September 1954) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2016, he has been the Bishop of Bolton. He had previously been Archdeacon of Manchester since 2009. Apart from ten years working in Kenya, he has spent all his ordained ministry in the Diocese of Manchester, Church of England.
Ashcroft was born on 3 September 1954 in Rugby, Warwickshire. He studied at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1977; as per tradition, this BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) in 1982.
In 1979, Ashcroft entered Ridley Hall, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college in the Open Evangelical tradition, to train for ordained ministry. For the first two years, he also studied theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA degree in 1981. He undertook a further year of training at Ridley Hall, before being ordained in 1982.
Ashcroft was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1982 and as a priest in 1983. From 1982 to 1985, he served his curacy at St Margaret's Church, Burnage, in the Diocese of Manchester. He spent 1986 to 1996 as a member of the academic staff of St Paul's College, Kapsabet, one of the theological colleges of the Anglican Church of Kenya; he was a tutor between 1986 and 1989, and its principal between 1990 and 1996.
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