Mark Boyling

Mark Christopher Boyling is the current Dean of Carlisle. He was born on 14 October 1952 and educated at Keble College, Oxford. His father, Dennis Boyling, was vicar at St Augustine's church in Endcliffe, Sheffield. After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1978. His first posts were as Curate then Priest in charge of St Chad’s Kirkby. He was then Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Liverpool, Vicar of St Peter, Formby and a Canon Residentiary at Liverpool Cathedral before his elevation to the Deanery.