Appointment to St Mark’s Newtownards
Bishop David has appointed the Revd Marcus Nelson as Incumbent of the Parish of Newtownards, Diocese of Down. Marcus is currently Vicar of St Mark’s Gabalfa in Cardiff.
The Service of Institution will take place on Wednesday 6 January 2027 at 7.30pm.
Revd Marcus Nelson
Marcus was born and brought up in Downpatrick and came to know Jesus as his Lord and Saviour as a boy. He studied Law at Queens University Belfast and theology at the University of Oxford.
Marcus is married to Della, from South Africa, whom he met at QUB, and they have four children aged 11-17.
For the last eight years he has been Vicar of St Mark's Gabalfa, part of The Church in Wales, and has worked at churches in London, Devon and Bristol.
Marcus and his family are delighted to be returning to County Down. They are very excited about beginning to serve the church family of St Mark’s Newtownards and to be joining the diocese of Down and Dromore.