Mark Santer
{{Short description|English Anglican bishop (1936–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = Mark Santer
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Kate Bunce blue plaque unveiling - 2015-09-10 - Andy Mabbett - 06 (cropped).JPG
| caption = Santer in 2015
| title = Bishop of Birmingham
| church = Church of England
| diocese = Birmingham
| term = 1987–2002
| predecessor = Hugh Montefiore
| successor = John Sentamu
| other_post = Honorary assistant bishop in Worcester (2002–present)
Bishop of Kensington
1981–1987
Principal of Westcott House
1972–1981
| ordination = 1964
| consecration = 1981
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|12|29|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|8|14|1936|12|29|df=y}}
| death_place = Poole, Dorset, England
| religion = Anglican
| spouse =
| children =
| profession = Theologian
| alma_mater = Queens' College, Cambridge
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Mark Santer (29 December 1936 – 14 August 2024) was an English Anglican bishop.Who’s Who 2008 (London, A & C Black, 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}} He was the father of television producer Diederick Santer.
Early life and education
Ordained ministry
After being a curate at Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon, he was a tutor at Ripon College Cuddesdon; Dean and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge; assistant lecturer in divinity at the University of Cambridge and finally Principal of Westcott House, CambridgeThe Times, 20 May 1972, p. 16, "Rev Mark Santer to be Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge" before his ordination to the episcopate as area Bishop of Kensington in 1981.
After six years at Kensington,The Times, 29 October 1980. p. 16, "New Suffragan Bishop of Kensington" he was translated to be the Bishop of Birmingham.Debrett's People of Today, Ellis, P. (1992), London, Debrett's. {{ISBN|1-870520-09-2}} During this time he took part in the second phase of the ecumenical discussions of the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission and was embroiled in controversy over the use of the term "Winterval", which he opposed.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/210672.stm Winterval gets frosty reception] - BBC, November 1998
Retirement and death
In retirement he served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Worcester, while living in retirement in Moseley in Birmingham.{{Who's Who
| title=Santer, Mark
| id = U33865
| volume = 2014
| edition = December 2013 online
| access-date = 25 April 2014
}}
Santer died at his home in Poole on 14 August 2024, at the age of 87.{{cite news |title=Mark Santer |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-w2xnzczxb |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=The Times |date=28 August 2024}}{{cite news |title=The Right Rev Mark Santer, Birmingham Bishop and vocal critic of the Thatcher government |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/09/13/mark-santer-bishop-birmingham-thatcher-church-of-england/ |access-date=13 September 2024 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=13 September 2024}}
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Category:People educated at Marlborough College
Category:Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
Category:Fellows of Clare College, Cambridge
Category:Bishops of Kensington
Category:Bishops of Birmingham
Category:Staff of Westcott House, Cambridge
Category:20th-century Church of England bishops
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