Mark Davies (bishop of Shrewsbury)
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The Right Reverend Mark Davies |
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| Bishop of Shrewsbury | |
Davies at the 2011 Invocation Festival
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| Province | Birmingham |
| Diocese | Shrewsbury |
| Appointed | 1 October 2010 |
| Predecessor | Brian Noble |
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| Ordination | 11 February 1984 |
| Consecration | 22 February 2010 by Brian Noble |
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12 May 1959 Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Mark Davies (born 12 May 1959) is a British Roman Catholic prelate. He is the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Shrewsbury in the Province of Birmingham, England.
Born in Manchester, Lancashire in 1959, he attended two schools in Longsight: St Richard's R.C. Primary School and St Robert's R.C. Primary School, and two others in Heaton Chapel, : Broadstone Hall Primary School and St Anne's Roman Catholic High School. Following his secondary education, he attended the University of Durham and trained for the priesthood at Ushaw College, Durham for the Diocese of Salford.
He was ordained a priest on 11 February 1984 at St Joseph's Church, Reddish, , by the Right Reverend Thomas Holland, Bishop of Salford. His first pastoral appointments was as an assistant priest at Our Lady of Grace's Church in Prestwich from March to September 1984, followed by at St Mary’s Church, Swinton from September 1984 to December 1988.
In January 1988, he was appointed the private secretary to Bishop Patrick Kelly of Salford (later Archbishop of Liverpool), a post in which Davies remained until December 1992.
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