Mark Chapman (theologian)

Mark David Chapman (born 1960) is an Anglican priest, theologian and historian. He is Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon and since 2015 he has been a Professor of the History of Modern Theology at the University of Oxford.

Born in 1960, Mark David Chapman was brought up in Essex and Berkshire. He studied Politics and Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating in 1983 with a Master of Arts degree; he completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree there in 1989.

Chapman became a Stephenson Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield in 1989. In 1992, he joined the staff at Ripon College, Cuddesdon. The following year, he completed the Oxford Ministry Course and was ordained a deacon in 1994 and a priest in 1995. Between 1994 and 1999, he was non-stipendiary minister in Dorchester and then, from 1999 to 2014, he took up an equivalent post at Wheatley and, since 2014, at Garsington, Cuddesdon and Horspath. He is also Canon Theologian of Truro Cathedral and a member of the General Synod. Since at least 2003, he has been Vice-Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon, and in 2015, he was appointed a Professor of the History of Modern by the University of Oxford. As of 2016, Chapman is a visiting professor at Oxford Brookes University, and is course director for the Oxford undergraduate degree programme in theology.

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