Michael John Volland (born 2 May 1974) is a British Anglican bishop and academic, specialising in mission and practical theology.

[4] He studied youth ministry and theological education at King's College London, and completed a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 2004.

[1][4] From 2004 to 2006, he trained for ordained ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college in the open evangelical tradition.

[1][5] Volland later undertook postgraduate research at Durham University, and completed a Doctor of Theology and Ministry (DThM) degree in 2013.

[1] His doctoral thesis was titled "An entrepreneurial approach to priestly ministry in the parish: insights from a research study in the Diocese of Durham".

[8] In 2015, Volland was appointed a tutor and Director of Context-based Training of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and so he left the Diocese of Durham to move south in August 2015.