Martyn Snow
|
The Right Reverend Martyn Snow |
|
|---|---|
| Bishop of Leicester | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Leicester |
| In office | 2016–present |
| Predecessor | Tim Stevens |
| Other posts |
Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham (2010–2013) Bishop of Tewkesbury (2013–2016) |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Martyn James Snow |
| Born | 1968 (age 48–49) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Ordination history of Martyn Snow | |
|---|---|
|
Diaconal ordination
|
|
| Date of ordination | 1995 |
|
Priestly ordination
|
|
| Date of ordination | 1996 |
|
Episcopal consecration
|
|
| Principal consecrator | Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Date of consecration | 25 September 2013 |
| Place of consecration | Westminster Abbey |
Martyn James Snow (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.
Snow was born in 1968 in Indonesia. He was educated at Sheffield University. He trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an Anglican theological college in the evangelical tradition.
Snow ordained in 1995. He was an assistant curate at St Andrew's 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.
Snow falls within the evangelical tradition of the Church of England.
On 25 September 2013, Snow was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service in Westminster Abbey. In October 2013, he started his duties as Bishop of Tewkesbury, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Gloucester. He was acting diocesan Bishop of Gloucester from 5 August 2014 until Rachel Treweek took up the role of diocesan bishop in June 2015.
...
Wikipedia