The Revd Canon Dr Mark Pryce is Director of Ministry, Church of England – Birmingham and Chaplain to The King.
Originally from the Welsh Marches, where he attended a CofE Primary School, Mark read English at Sussex University and trained for ordained ministry at Westcott House Cambridge. He served as Curate of All Saints, West Bromwich, where he was also part-time Chaplain at Sandwell District General Hospital, led collective worship and taught weekly in two Church Primary Schools, and was community governor of a large Secondary School. Mark was elected as a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1990, and served as Chaplain, Dean of Chapel and Tutor before returning to the Black Country as Vicar of Smethwick Old Church in 2002, where he led the development of the Dorothy Parkes Community Centre.
In 2015, Mark was awarded a doctorate in Practical Theology from Birmingham University for research into poetry and professional development. As a published poet, he gives many talks and readings about poetry and religion in the Birmingham region, nationally and internationally.
Mark is also a volunteer Chaplain for St John Ambulance in the West Midlands and Sub-Dean for the Order of St John, supporting thousands of volunteers, including large numbers of children and young people, in delivering First Aid services, training in local communities and providing specialist transport for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. He is a governor of Rugby School, a trustee of Saltley Trust and the Anglican Chaplaincy Trust of Birmingham University, also serving as a member of the Council of Reference for the Student Christian Movement UK.