Mark Ireland (priest)
Mark Campbell Ireland[1] (born 5 April 1960)[2] became the Archdeacon of Blackburn in 2016.[3]
Ireland was educated at University of St Andrews and Wycliffe Hall Oxford; and ordained in 1985. He was a director of Saltmine Trust (company 02930528) from 2005 to 2008.[1] After curacies in Blackburn and Lancaster he held incumbencies in Baxenden, Walsall and Wellington with Eyton[4] before his archdeacon's appointment.[2][5]
He is a member of the General Synod of the Church of England.[6] In relation to same-sex marriage, Ireland has stated: "I want to maintain the church's traditional doctrine of marriage, but also to belong to a church that truly welcomes and includes gay and lesbian people."[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mark Campbell IRELAND". Companies House. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Ireland, Mark Campbell". Who's Who. Vol. 2019 (1 December 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Return to the county for new Archdeacon". Lancashire Post. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Mark Campbell Ireland". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Pendlebury, Fiona (9 November 2015). "New Archdeacon of Blackburn back in the town where be began his career". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ Semley, Ronnie (January 2023). "General Synod". The Diocese of Blackburn. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "General Synod Election 2021: MARK IRELAND" (PDF). Diocese of Blackburn. 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.