Mark Beach

The Revd
Mark Beach
BA MA DMin
Dean of Rochester
Church Church of England
Diocese Rochester
In office 2012–2015
Predecessor Adrian Newman
Successor Philip Hesketh
Personal details
Born 1962 (age 55–56)
Denomination Anglican
Spouse Annabel
Children 1 daughter

Mark Howard Francis Beach (born 1962) is a priest of the Church of England. He was the Dean of Rochester Cathedral from 2012 to January 2015.[1]

Early life and education

Beach grew up in Staffordshire.[2] He studied theology at the University of Kent for his BA degree in 1980[3] and completed an MA degree in mission and ministry studies at the University of Nottingham in 1995.[3] At King's College London he completed a University of London doctorate in ministry (DMin) in 2011.[3][1]

Ordained ministry

Beach trained for ordained ministry at St Stephen's House from 1985 to 1987.[3] His curacy was at Hucknall Torkard in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. He then moved to the parish of Gedling, a few miles away in the same diocese, as rector from 1993 to 2001.[1] He was the bishop's chaplain in the Diocese of Wakefield from 2001 to 2003 before going to Rugby, Warwickshire, as a team rector.[1] He left Rugby in 2012 to take up the appointment of Dean of Rochester.[1][4] In January 2015 it was announced that he had resigned from this position because of issues regarding his marriage break-up.[5]

Post resignation

In late January the Bishop of Rochester announced that "Beach is taking on a new role outside ordained ministry, and has been appointed to the post of director of the Blackfriars Settlement."[6] On 9th October 2018, he appeared on the Channel 4 programme First Dates Hotel.

Styles

  • Mr Mark Beach (until 1987)
  • The Revd Mark Beach (1987–2012; 2015–present)
  • The Very Revd Mark Beach (2012–2015)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 HM Government (2012).
  2. ↑ Dean & Chapter of Rochester (2013).
  3. 1 2 3 4 Beach (2012).
  4. ↑ Clarke (2012).
  5. ↑ Hunter (2015).
  6. ↑ London SE1 website team (2015).

References

  • Beach, Mark (2012), Mark Beach, LinkedIn Corporation, archived from the original on 2013-04-08, retrieved 2013-02-21
  • Clarke, Sarah (2012-02-06), "Mark Beach is new Dean of Rochester", KentOnline, KM Group, retrieved 2015-07-29
  • Dean & Chapter of Rochester (2013), Who's Who at the Cathedral, retrieved 2013-04-04
  • HM Government (2012-02-06), Dean of Rochester, retrieved 2013-02-21
  • Hunter, Chris (2015-01-25), "Dean of Rochester Cathedral, Dr Mark Beach, has resigned", KentOnline, KM group, retrieved 2015-07-29
  • London SE1 website team (2015-01-28), "Mark Beach: from cathedral dean to Blackfriars Settlement director", londonse1 community website, Bankside Press, retrieved 2015-07-29



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