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The Right Reverend

Martyn Snow
Bishop of Leicester
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Leicester
In office2016–present
PredecessorTim Stevens
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham (2010–2013)
Bishop of Tewkesbury (2013–2016)
Orders
Ordination2 July 1995 (deacon); 5 July 1996 (priest)
by David Lunn (deacon); Michael Gear (priest)
Consecration25 September 2013
by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born
Martyn James Snow

1968 (age 55–56)
Indonesia
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
ResidenceBishop's Lodge, Knighton[1]
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Spiritual
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 October 2022

Martyn James Snow[2] (born 1968) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2016, he has been the Bishop of Leicester. He previously served as Bishop of Tewkesbury from 2013 to 2016, and as Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham from 2010 to 2013.[1]

Early life and education

Snow was born in 1968 in Indonesia.[3][4] He was educated at Sheffield University, where he studied chemistry.[3] He trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an Anglican theological college in the evangelical tradition.[5]

Ordained ministry

Snow was made a deacon at Petertide 1995 (2 July) by David Lunn, Bishop of Sheffield, at Sheffield Cathedral[6] and ordained a priest the Petertide following (5 July 1996) by Michael Gear, Bishop of Doncaster at his title church (St Andrew's, Brinsworth).[7] He was an assistant curate at Brinsworth with Catcliffe and Treeton before service with the Church Mission Society in Guinea. He was vicar of Christ Church, Pitsmoor from 2001 to 2010 and area dean of Ecclesfield from 2007.[5]

Episcopal ministry

On 25 September 2013, Snow was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service in Westminster Abbey.[4][8] In October 2013, he started his duties as Bishop of Tewkesbury, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Gloucester.[4] He was acting diocesan Bishop of Gloucester from 5 August 2014 until Rachel Treweek took up the role of diocesan bishop in June 2015.[9]

On 15 December 2015, it was announced that Snow would be translated to Leicester in 2016.[5][10] Snow officially became Bishop of Leicester with the confirmation of his election on 22 February 2016.[11] He then become the youngest diocesan bishop in the Church of England, aged 48.[12] On 14 May 2016, a service of installation was held at Leicester Cathedral during which he was seated on his Cathedra and given the crozier of the Diocese of Leicester.[13]

As from October 2016, Snow has sat on the Church of England's National Safeguarding Steering Group (NSSG).[14][15]

He became a member of the House of Lords (as a Lord Spiritual) on 6 October 2022.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Martyn James Snow". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. ^ Sheffield Diocesan Board of Finance
  3. ^ a b Snow. "Snow, Martyn James". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ a b c "The Bishop of Tewkesbury". Diocese of Gloucester. Church of England. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Bishop of Leicester: Martyn James Snow". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Petertide ordinations". Church Times. No. 6909. 14 July 1995. p. 12. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 July 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 6961. 12 July 1995. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 July 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ Yong, Michael (2 August 2013). "New Bishop of Tewkesbury youngest in C of E". Gloucestershire Echo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Diocese of Gloucester — Letter from the Bishop of Tewkesbury Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 7 August 2014)
  10. ^ Diocese of Leicester — Welcome to the New Bishop of Leicester Archived 2016-01-29 at archive.today (Accessed 15 December 2015)
  11. ^ Diocese of Leicester — Martyn confirmed for Leicester & photo on Twitter (Accessed 26 February 2016)
  12. ^ "A quiet revolution, not an Evangelical takeover". Church Times. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Welcome Bishop Martyn". Diocese of Leicester. Church of England. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "National Safeguarding Steering Group" (PDF). Church of England. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  15. ^ "November 20 2017 – National Safeguarding Steering Group [NSSG] and National Safeguarding Panel [NSP] – Church of England". The Bell Society. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  16. ^ "The Lord Bishop of Leicester". Retrieved 11 October 2022.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham
2010–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Tewkesbury
2013–2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Leicester
2016–present 		Incumbent
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