Mark Tanner

The Right Reverend Mark Tanner
Bishop of Berwick
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Newcastle
In office	2016–present
Predecessor	Frank White (as Assistant Bishop of Newcastle)
Other posts	Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham (2011–2016)
Orders
Ordination	1998 (deacon) 1999 (priest)
Consecration	18 October 2016 by John Sentamu
Personal details
Birth name	Mark Simon Austin Tanner
Born	November 1970 (age 46) Canada
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Lindsay (m. 1994)
Children	Two
Education	Loughborough Grammar School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford Cranmer Hall, Durham St John's College, Durham University of Liverpool

Mark Simon Austin Tanner (born November 1970) is a British Anglican bishop and academic. Since 2016, he has been the Bishop of Berwick, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Newcastle From August 2011 until his consecration, he was the Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham, a Church of England theological college. In September 2016, he was announced as the next Bishop of Berwick, and was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 2016 during a service at York Minster.

Tanner was born in November 1970 in Canada to professor Stuart Tanner and Joy Tanner. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, an all-boys independent school in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1992; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to an Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1997.

From 1992 to 1995, Tanner was a youth pastor at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, West Midlands. In 1995, he matriculated into Cranmer Hall, Durham, an Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry. During this time, he also studied theology at St John's College, Durham, and graduated with a further BA degree in 1998. He later undertook postgraduate study at the University of Liverpool, and was awarded a Master of Theology (MTh) degree in 2005.