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Christopher Mark Burke (born 1965) is a Church of England priest; he is the Archdeacon of Barking.

Education and family

Burke graduated from Coventry Polytechnic with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1987 and began training for the ministry at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1989. He later gained a Master of Arts (MA) from Heythrop College, London in 2006. He married Helen, a general practitioner, and they have two children.

Ministry

Burke was made deacon at Petertide 1992 (5 July) by John Habgood, Archbishop of York, at York Minster and ordained a priest the Petertide following (5 July 1993) by Gordon Bates, Bishop of Whitby, at St Mary's Church, Nunthorpe (his title). He served his curacy in Nunthorpe (1992–1996) before becoming Vicar of South Bank, York until 2002 and then Rector of St Dunstan's, Stepney (East London).

On 12 September 2010, he was installed a Canon Residentiary of Sheffield Cathedral and served as "Canon for Learning and Development" until 2013, when, remaining a Canon Residentiary, he took the role of Precentor; he additionally become Vice-Dean in 2014. He became Archdeacon of Barking in the Diocese of Chelmsford in May 2019.

References

1. ^ "Christopher Mark Burke". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
2. ^ Diocese of Chelmsford — New Archdeacon of Barking appointed (Accessed 21 December 2018)
3. "Ordinations at Petertide". Church Times. No. 6752. 10 July 1992. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 9 January 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
4. "Petertide ordinations". Church Times. No. 6805. 16 July 1993. p. 5. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 9 January 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
5. Christopher Burke — YouTube

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