Mark Ireland (priest)
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Mark Campbell Ireland[1] (born 5 April 1960)[2] is a British retired Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon of Blackburn from 2016[3] until his 2025 retirement.
Ireland was educated at University of St Andrews and Wycliffe Hall Oxford; and ordained in 1985. He was a director of Saltmine Trust (company 02930528) from 2005 to 2008.[1] After curacies in Blackburn and Lancaster he held incumbencies in Baxenden, Walsall and Wellington with Eyton[4] before his archdeacon's appointment.[2][5]
He is a member of the General Synod of the Church of England.[6] In relation to same-sex marriage, Ireland has stated: "I want to maintain the church's traditional doctrine of marriage, but also to belong to a church that truly welcomes and includes gay and lesbian people."[7]