Mark Ashcroft


Mark Ashcroft
Bishop of Bolton
ChurchChurch of England
ProvinceProvince of York
DioceseDiocese of Manchester
In office2016–2023
PredecessorChris Edmondson
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Manchester (2009–2016)
Orders
Ordination1982 (deacon)
1983 (priest)
Consecration18 October 2016
by John Sentamu
Personal details
Born
Mark David Ashcroft

(1954-09-03) 3 September 1954 (age 70)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseSally
ChildrenThree
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Mark David Ashcroft (born 3 September 1954) is a British retired Anglican bishop. From 2016 until 2023, he was the Bishop of Bolton.[1] He had previously been Archdeacon of Manchester from 2009 to 2016. Apart from ten years working in Kenya, he has spent all his ordained ministry in the Diocese of Manchester, Church of England.

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