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 47–48)
Nationality British
Denomination Anglicanism
Alma mater University of Sheffield

Martyn James Snow[1] (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.[2]

Early life and education

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

Ordained ministry

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.[5]

Snow falls within the evangelical tradition of the Church of England.[6]

Episcopal ministry

On 25 September 2013, Snow was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service in Westminster Abbey.[4][7] 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.[8]

On 15 December 2015, it was announced that Snow would be translated to Leicester in 2016.[5][9] Snow officially became Bishop of Leicester with the confirmation of his election on 22 February 2016.[10] He then become the youngest diocesan bishop in the Church of England, aged 48.[6] 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.[11]

Safeguarding controversy and CDM complaint

In May 2016 Snow was one of six bishops accused of procedural misconduct by a survivor of child sex abuse. He was cited in the Guardian and Church Times along with Bishops Peter Burrows, Steven Croft, Glyn Webster, Roy Williamson and Archbishop of York, John Sentamu as subject of Clergy Disciplinary Measure complaints owing to their inaction on the survivor's disclosure.[12][13] According to the Guardian report, Snow had been told of the abuse in 2013 when he was archdeacon of Sheffield. The bishops contested the complaints because they were made after the church’s required one-year limit.[14] All six bishops were pictured on a protest brochure which the survivor handed out at Steven Croft's enthronement as Bishop of Oxford later that year.[15][16]

References

  1. ↑ Sheffield Diocesan Board of Finance
  2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory on-line accessed Saturday 2 July 2011 10:31 GMT
  3. 1 2 Who's Who 2012 – Snow, Martyn James
  4. 1 2 3 "The Bishop of Tewkesbury". Diocese of Gloucester. Church of England. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Bishop of Leicester: Martyn James Snow". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  6. 1 2 "A quiet revolution, not an Evangelical takeover". Church Times. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Yong, Michael (2 August 2013). "New Bishop of Tewkesbury youngest in C of E". Gloucestershire Echo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Diocese of Gloucester — Letter from the Bishop of Tewkesbury (Accessed 7 August 2014)
  9. ↑ Diocese of Leicester — Welcome to the New Bishop of Leicester (Accessed 15 December 2015)
  10. ↑ Diocese of Leicester — Martyn confirmed for Leicester & photo on Twitter (Accessed 26 February 2016)
  11. ↑ "Welcome Bishop Martyn". Diocese of Leicester. Church of England. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  12. ↑ ""Senior Anglican clergy accused of failing to act on rape allegations". The Guardian. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  13. ↑ ""Goddard Inquiry begins to sift through Church's evidence". Church Times. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Archbishop of York and four bishops accused of failing to act over historic rape claims". Christianity Today. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Sex abuse survivors protest outside Christ Church enthronement and accuse bishop of ignoring rape claims". The Oxford Times. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Ceremony to welcome new Bishop of Oxford is overshadowed by protest". ITV News. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Richard Blackburn		 Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham
2010–2013 		Succeeded by
Malcolm Chamberlain
Preceded by
John Went		 Bishop of Tewkesbury
2013–2016 		Succeeded by
Robert Springett
Preceded by
Tim Stevens		 Bishop of Leicester
2016–present 		Incumbent
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