Mark Ashcroft

Mark David Ashcroft (born Rugby, Warwickshire, 3 September 1954) is the current Archdeacon of Manchester.^[1]

He was ordained in 1983. He was Curate at St Margaret, Burnage from 1982 to 1985,;^[2] Tutor then Principal of St Paul’s College, Kapsabet from 1986 to 1995; Rector of Christ Church, Harpurhey from 1996 to 2009; Area Dean of North Manchester to 2000 to 2006; and an Honorary Canon of Manchester Cathedral from 2004 to 2009.^[3]

References

↑ Manchester Anglican
↑ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
↑ ‘ASHCROFT, Ven. Mark David’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 27 June 2013

Church of England titles
Preceded by Andrew Edgar Ballard	Archdeacon of Manchester 2009–	Succeeded by Current incumbent

Archdeacons of Manchester

John Rushton Robert Master Richard Durnford George Anson James Wilson Foster Blackburne John Wright Willoughby Allen Noel Aspinall Selwyn Bean Hetley Price Arthur Ballard Brian Harris Alan Wolstencroft Andrew Ballard Mark Ashcroft

Anglican Diocese of Manchester

Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Salford Church House, Manchester

Office holders	The Bishop of Manchester, David Walker The Bishop suffragan of Bolton, Chris Edmondson The Bishop suffragan of Middleton, Mark Davies AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley The Dean of Manchester, Rogers Govender The Archdeacon of Rochdale, Cherry Vann The Archdeacon of Bolton, David Bailey The Archdeacon of Manchester, Mark Ashcroft The Archdeacon of Salford, David Sharples

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1936) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)