- Mark Bryant (clergyman)
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Mark Bryant for the sportsman."Mark Bryant (born 1950) is the suffraganBishop of Jarrow in theChurch of England . He was consecrated as bishop by ArchbishopJohn Sentamu inYork Minster on13 September 2007 at 11am and welcomed to the Durham diocese in a special service inDurham Cathedral on Sunday16 September 2007 at 3.30pm.He studied for the ordained ministry at Cuddesdon College, before serving curacies at Addlestone, Guildford from 1975 to 1979, and from 1979 to 1983 at Studley, Salisbury (during the latter also acting as Chaplain to
Trowbridge college ). He was then Vicar of Studley from 1983 to 1988. From 1988 to 1996 he was Vocational Development Adviser, Coventry diocese, and Diocesan Director of Ordinands. From 1993 to 2001 he was an Honorary Canon of Coventry Cathedral. From 1996 to 2001 he was Team Rector at Caludon, Coventry, and from 1999 to 2001 he was also Area Dean of East Coventry. He was Archdeacon of Coventry from 2001 to 2007 and, since 2006, also a Canon Residentiary ofCoventry Cathedral .Bryant's wife Elisabeth is a nurse lecturer practitioner, and they have three adult children. Bryant's interests include classical music, walking and the arts.
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