Mark David Ashcroft (born 3 September 1954) is a British retired Anglican bishop.
Apart from ten years working in Kenya, he has spent all his ordained ministry in the Diocese of Manchester, Church of England.
[5] In 1979, Ashcroft entered Ridley Hall, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college in the Open Evangelical tradition, to train for ordained ministry.
He was rector of Christ Church, Harpurhey from 1996 to 2009, and also area dean of North Manchester from 2000 to 2006.
[9] He retired on an unrevealed date following his farewell service (on 28 January 2023) at Manchester Cathedral.