Mark Rylands

Mark James Rylands (born 11 July 1961) is a British Anglican bishop. From 2009 until 2018, he was the area Bishop of Shrewsbury in the Church of England.

The Right Reverend Mark Rylands
Bishop of Shrewsbury
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Lichfield
In office	2009–2018
Predecessor	Alan Smith
Successor	Sarah Bullock
Orders
Ordination	1987 (deacon); 1988 (priest) by Michael Baughen
Consecration	28 October 2009 by Rowan Williams
Personal details
Born	11 July 1961
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Athlone House, Shrewsbury[1]
Parents	Michael Rylands Denise Bates
Spouse	Mandy ​ (m. 1986)​
Alma mater	Hild Bede, Durham

Early life

Rylands was born on 11 July 1961, the son of Michael Rylands and Denise née Bates.[2] Michael was sometime Vicar of Wilton, Wiltshire, Rector of Malpas, Cheshire and honorary canon of Chester[3][lower-alpha 1][3] and Denise a scion of the Bates baronets (of Bellefield): her grandfather was Edward, 2nd Baronet.[6] He was educated at Shrewsbury School and the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham University, the latter whence he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1983. He trained for the ministry at Trinity College, Bristol, gaining a second BA in 1987;[7] and later studied for a Master of Arts degree from Sheffield University, which he was awarded in 2006. Mark married in 1986 and they have two adult children;[2] his wife is also a priest.[lower-alpha 2]

Ordained ministry

He was made a deacon at Petertide 1987 (27 June)[11] and ordained a priest the Petertide following (3 July 1988) — both times by Michael Baughen, Bishop of Chester, at Chester Cathedral;[12] he began his ministerial career with a title post as assistant curate at St George's Heaviley, Stockport[13] (1987–1991); he was then Vicar of Acton and Worleston, Church Minshull and Wettenhall, Cheshire (1991–1997). He moved to Somerset in 1997 to serve as Team Rector for the Langport Team Ministry[2] (Aller, Drayton, High Ham with Low Ham, Huish Episcopi, Long Sutton, Muchelney, and Pitney); then from 2002[7] until his appointment to the episcopate[14] he was Diocesan Missioner for the Diocese of Exeter and a Canon Residentiary at Exeter Cathedral.[15]

Episcopate

Rylands was appointed Bishop of Shrewsbury, one of three area bishops (suffragan bishops with delegated responsibility for episcopal areas) in the Diocese of Lichfield: he was consecrated a bishop at Westminster Abbey on 28 October 2009 by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury[16] and installed at Lichfield Cathedral on 2 November 2009.[17][18][19]

In March 2018 it was announced that Rylands would resign from the episcopate and return to parish ministry.[20]

Styles

• The Reverend Mark Rylands (1988–2002)
• The Reverend Canon Mark Rylands (2002–2009)
• The Right Reverend Mark Rylands (2009–present)

Notes

1. Thomas Michael Rylands was made a deacon in 1947,[4] ordained a priest in 1948,[5] and died on 21 October 2003, aged 85.
2. She was licensed a deaconess in 1985,[8] made a deacon in 1987[9] and ordained a priest in 1994.[10]

References

1. Diocese of Lichfield — Bishop of Shrewsbury Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Rylands, Mark James". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 22 August 2017. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
3. "Canon Michael Rylands". Church Times (#7345). 12 December 2003. p. 20. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
4. "Ordinations at Trinity". Church Times (#4400). 6 June 1947. p. 338. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
5. "Ordinations at Trinity". Church Times (#4453). 11 June 1948. p. 329. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
6. Mosley, Charles (ed.) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 1. (Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's, 2003) p. 287.
7. "Mark James Rylands". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
8. "Petertide ordinations". Church Times (#6386). 5 July 1985. p. 16. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
9. "Ordinations". Church Times (#6475). 20 March 1987. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
10. "Ordinations". Church Times (#6851). 3 June 1994. p. 5. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
11. "Ordinations". Church Times (#6491). 10 July 1987. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
12. "Ordinations". Church Times (#6543). 8 July 1988. p. 13. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
13. "St George's with St Gabriel's, Stockport". Stgeorgestockport.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
14. "Rural evangelist chosen as Bishop of Shrewsbury". Diocese of Lichfield. 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
15. "Shrewsbury's new bishop announced". BBC News. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
16. https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-news/consecration-of-the-bishop-of-shrewsbury
17. Diocese of Lichfield — Hear Ye: Town Crier invites shoppers to “pull up a pew” with bishop Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
18. "Official announcement: Suffragan See of Shrewsbury". Number10.gov.uk. 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on 7 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
19. "'Making disciples' is main task". BBC Shropshire. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
20. "Bishop Mark to bid farewell". Diocese of Lichfield - News. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-19.