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Mark James Rylands (born 11 July 1961) is the area Bishop of Shrewsbury in the Church of England.He was born on 11 July 1961 the son of Canon Thomas Michael Rylands sometime Vicar of Wilton and Rural Dean of Malpas. He was educated at the College of St Hild and St Bede and Trinity College Bristol. He was ordained in 1988 and began his career with a curacy at St George’s Stockport. He was then Vicar of Acton and Worleston Cheshire and from 1997 to 2002 Team Rector for Langport Somerset.