Mark Davies

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.

Early life 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, Stockport: 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.

On the retirement of Brian Noble on 1 October 2010, Davies succeeded as the 11th Bishop of Shrewsbury.

Views Davies opposed the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the UK, calling it a "seismic shift". In 2016, he supported the establishment of a Shrewsbury chapter of Courage International, an organisation that promotes celibacy for gay Catholics.

Ahead of the 2019 general election, Davies opposed political parties making manifesto statements of support for abortion, which were previously the decision of individual candidates. He told Catholics to think carefully about their vote for this reason.