Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Clive Young | |
Bishop of Dunwich | |
Church: | Church of England |
Diocese: | Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
Term: | 2013 |
Predecessor: | Tim Stevens |
Successor: | Mike Harrison |
Ordination: | 1972 (deacon) 1973 (priest) |
Consecration: | 24 June 1999[1] |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1948 |
Buried: | Dore Abbey, Herefordshire |
Nationality: | British |
Religion: | 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]
Young was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford.[3] He then studied at St John's College, Durham and graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[4] He then entered Ridley Hall, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college, to prepare for ordination.
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,[5] 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.
He was a member of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, acting as its conference chaplain in 2001.[6]
In his spare time he was a keen gardener.
Young died on 7 October 2015.[7] His funeral took place at Dore Abbey in Abbey Dore, Golden Valley, Herefordshire. He is buried in the Abbey's churchyard.[8]