Mark Butchers

Mark Andrew Butchers (born 1959) is a British Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon of Barnstaple, 2015–[1] 2020.[2]

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, 1981) and King's College London (MTh, 1990; PhD, 2006).[3] Ordained in 1988 after a period of study at Chichester Theological College,[4] he began his career with curacies in Chelsea and Mitcham. After this he was Team Rector of North Tawton, Bondleigh and Sampford Courtenay with Honeychurch then Chaplain and Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. From 2010 to 2015 he was Vicar of Wolvercote; and from 2012 also Area Dean of Oxford. On 6 September 2020, he became Principal of the South West Ministry Training Course.[2]

  1. ^ Exeter Anglican
  2. ^ a b "New Principal for South West Ministry Training Course". 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ ‘BUTCHERS, Ven. Dr Mark Andrew’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015; online edn, Nov 2015 accessed 8 July 2016
  4. ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6