Clive Young | |
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Bishop of Dunwich | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
In office | c. 1999 – 2013 |
Predecessor | Tim Stevens |
Successor | Mike Harrison |
Other post(s) | Archdeacon of Hackney (1992–1999) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1972 (deacon) 1973 (priest) |
Consecration | 24 June 1999 [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 May 1948 |
Died | 7 October 2015 | (aged 67)
Buried | Dore Abbey, Herefordshire |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater | St John's College, Durham |
Clive Young (31 May 1948 – 7 October 2015) was a Church of England bishop. From 1999 to 2013, he was the Anglican Bishop of Dunwich, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. [2] [3]
Young was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford. [4] He then studied at St John's College, Durham and graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. [3] [5] He then entered Ridley Hall, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college, to prepare for ordination. [3]
Young was ordained a deacon in 1972 and began his career with a curacy at Neasden (1972-1975), followed by a second curacy at St Paul's Hammersmith (1975-1979). He was then Priest in charge of Old Ford, London, latterly also Area Dean of Tower Hamlets; and then Vicar of St Andrew, Holborn and Archdeacon of Hackney.
In 1999, he was consecrated to the episcopate. From 1999 until his retirement on 12 May 2013, [6] he was the Anglican Bishop of Dunwich, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. He then retired from full-time ministry and was appointed an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Hereford. [3]
He was a member of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, acting as its conference chaplain in 2001. [7]
In his spare time he was a keen gardener.[ citation needed]
Young died on 7 October 2015. [8] His funeral took place at Dore Abbey in Abbey Dore, Golden Valley, Herefordshire. He is buried in the Abbey's churchyard. [9]