{{short description|British Anglican bishop (born 1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox Christian leader | honorific-prefix = [[The Most Reverend]] | name = Mark Strange | image = 2007-10-13 Anglican Bishop Mark Strange.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness]]<br />[[Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church]] | church = [[Scottish Episcopal Church]] | diocese = [[Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness|Moray, Ross and Caithness]] | enthroned = 13 October 2007 | predecessor = [[John Crook (bishop)|John Crook]] | ordination = 1989 | consecration = 13 October 2007 | consecrated_by = [[Idris Jones]] | other_post = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|02|df=y}} | nationality = [[British people|British]] | religion = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] | residence = St John's [[Arpafeelie]] | spouse = Jane | children = 3 | alma_mater = [[University of Aberdeen]] }}
'''Mark Jeremy Strange''' (born 2 November 1961) is a British [[Anglican]] bishop. He is the current [[Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness]] in the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moray.anglican.org/index.php/bishop/ |title=Bishop Mark's Blog |website=The Scottish Episcopal Church |access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> He is the [[Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church]], having been elected at an Episcopal Synod in Edinburgh on 27 June 2017.
==Early life and education== He was educated at the [[University of Aberdeen]]; he was awarded a [[Licentiate of Theology]] in 1982.<ref name=bertie452>{{cite book |last=Bertie |first=David M. |title=Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000 |year=2000 |publisher=T & T Clark |location=Edinburgh |page=452 |isbn=0567087468}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who, 2008 |year=2008 |publisher=[[A & C Black]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-7136-8555-8 }}</ref> After working in one of the [[Alcohol licensing laws of the United Kingdom|Licensed]] trades from 1982 to 1984, he continued his education at [[Lincoln Theological College]], C.M.M. 1987.<ref name=bertie452/>
==Ordained ministry== He was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] in the [[Anglican ministry]] a [[deacon]] in 1989 and [[priest]] in 1990.<ref name=bertie452/><ref>{{cite book |title=Crockford's Clerical Directory |publisher=Church House Publishing |location=London |year=1995 |isbn=0-7151-8088-6 }}</ref> His first [[Pastoral care|pastoral]] appointment was as a [[curate]] at St Barnabas with Christ Church, [[Worcester, England|Worcester]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stbarnabasworcester.org.uk/ |title=St Barnabas with Christ Church |access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> (1989–92), then the [[Vicar]] of [https://saintwulstans.online/ St Wulstan's], [[Warndon]], [[Worcester, England|Worcester]] (1992–98).<ref name=bertie452/><ref name=cnbmrc/> He moved to [[Scotland]], where, from 1998 to 2007, he was the [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of Holy Trinity, [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]] and [[Priest in charge]] of the churches of St Margaret's, [[Lossiemouth]], St Michael's, [[Dufftown]] and St Margaret's, [[Aberlour]].<ref name=bertie452/><ref name=cnbmrc/>
===Episcopal ministry=== He was elected [[Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness]] in June 2007,<ref name=cnbmrc>{{cite web |url=http://scotland.anglican.org/index.php/news/entry/consecration_of_new_bishop_of_moray_ross_caithness/ |title=Consecration of new Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness |date=11 October 2007 |website=The Scottish Episcopal Church |access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> and [[Consecration|consecrated]] and [[Enthronement|installed]] in a special service at [[Inverness Cathedral|St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness]] on 13 October 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scotland.anglican.org/index.php/news/entry/new_bishop_of_moray_ross_caithness_consecrated/ |title=New Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness Consecrated |date=14 October 2007 |website=The Scottish Episcopal Church |access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> On 27 June 2017, he was elected [[Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Scottish Episcopal Church elects Rt Rev Mark Strange as new Primus|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40416114|website=BBC News|date=27 June 2017|access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref>
==Honours== He was created a Companion of the Roll of Honour of the Memorial of Merit of King Charles the Martyr in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE MEMORIAL OF MERIT OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR |url=https://memorialofmerit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/master-roll-of-honour-mmcm-updated-august-2021-1.pdf |website=memorialofmerit.com |publisher=Memorial of Merit |access-date=25 February 2026}}</ref> As of 2026, he was both the Acting Registrar and Chaplain of the organisation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chapter |url=https://memorialofmerit.com/the-chapter/ |website=memorialofmerit.com/ |publisher=Memorial of Merit |access-date=25 February 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Mark Strange (Anglican bishop)}} {{Portal|Christianity}} * [http://moray.anglican.org/index.php/bishop/about/ Biography] of Bishop Mark Strange * [https://morayepiscopalchurch.scot/life-of-the-church/the-bishop-of-moray-ross-caithness/ The Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness]
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