Mark Santer

Mark Santer (29 December 1936 – 14 August 2024) was an English Anglican bishop.

[1] He was the father of television producer Diederick Santer.

[2] After being a curate at Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon, he was a tutor at Ripon College Cuddesdon; Dean and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge; assistant lecturer in divinity at the University of Cambridge and finally Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge[3] before his ordination to the episcopate as area Bishop of Kensington in 1981.

[5] During this time he took part in the second phase of the ecumenical discussions of the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission and was embroiled in controversy over the use of the term "Winterval", which he opposed.

[7] Santer died at his home in Poole on 14 August 2024, at the age of 87.