Mark Bryant

Who is Mark Bryant?

Mark Bryant is the suffragan Bishop of Jarrow in the Church of England.

Educated at St John's School, Leatherhead and St John's College, Durham University, he studied for the ordained ministry at Cuddesdon College before serving curacies at Addlestone, Guildford from 1975 to 1979, and from 1979 to 1983 at Studley, Salisbury — he was then Vicar of the same parish from 1983 to 1988. From 1988 to 1996 he was Vocational Development Adviser, Coventry diocese, and Diocesan Director of Ordinands. From 1993 to 2001 he was an Honorary Canon of Coventry Cathedral. From 1996 to 2001, he was Team Rector at Caludon, Coventry, and from 1999 to 2001 he was also Area Dean of East Coventry. He was Archdeacon of Coventry from 2001 to 2007 and, since 2006, also a Canon Residentiary of Coventry Cathedral.

He was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop John Sentamu in York Minster on 13 September 2007 at 11am and welcomed to the Durham diocese in a special service in Durham Cathedral on Sunday 16 September 2007 at 3.30pm. Bryant's wife Elisabeth is a nurse lecturer practitioner, and they have three adult children. Bryant's interests include classical music, walking and the arts.