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New Bishop of Jarrow consecrated at York Minster
Published: on 13th September 2007 by Alix Peacock in Minster News
On Thursday 13 September 2007 at 11am, a new Bishop of Jarrow was consecrated by the Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, in York Minster. He is the Venerable Mark Watts Bryant, currently Archdeacon of Coventry. He succeeds the Right Reverend John Pritchard, now Bishop of Oxford.
Mark Bryant was born in Wiltshire into a clergy household. He was a choirboy at Guildford Cathedral. After leaving school he went on to study at St John’s College at Durham University. After leaving Durham he went on to train for ordination at Cuddesdon Theological College near Oxford. He served as curate at Addlestone in Surrey, then moved to Trowbridge, Wiltshire where he started as chaplain at the local Further Education College before becoming Vicar of the Parish. In 1988 Mark Bryant moved to Coventry to become Director of Ordinands and Training. After eight years in this post he was appointed Team Rector of a North East Coventry Parish of 33,000. Since 2001, Mark Bryant has been Archdeacon of Coventry. During this time he has also been Chair of Social Responsibility in the Coventry Diocese, spending a lot of time supporting disadvantaged communities. He has also been Vice Chair of the Board of the local NHS Acute Trust, and has been able to see first hand some of the pressures and opportunities of life in the NHS.
The Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Tom Wright, welcomed Mark Bryant to the Diocese of Durham: “Mark will join a happy and hard-working senior leadership team in the Diocese, and I very much look forward to sharing ministry with him.”
Mark Bryant is married to Elisabeth, a Nurse Lecturer and Practitioner and has three grown up children. In his spare time Mark Bryant enjoys walking, listening to music and watching popular television. He is also interested in art and photography.
During the service the sermon was preached by The Reverend David Tilley. At the Consecration, Mark Bryant was presented by The Right Reverend Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham and the Right Reverend Colin Bennetts, Bishop of Coventry.