Mark Beach
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] when he became the director of Blackfriars Settlement.[3] Following school at Ellesmere College, he studied theology at the University of Kent for his BA degree in 1980[4] and completed an MA degree in mission and ministry studies at the University of Nottingham in 1995.[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.[7] 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.