Humphrey Taylor
Bishop of Selby (1938–2021)
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Humphrey Vincent Taylor (5 March 1938 – 17 February 2021)[1] was an English Anglican clergyman who served as the sixth Suffragan Bishop of Selby.[2]
Humphrey Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Selby | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of York |
| In office | 1991–2003 |
| Predecessor | Clifford Barker |
| Successor | Martin Wallace |
| Other posts | Honorary assistant bishop in Gloucester (2003–2013) and in Worcester (2003–2016) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1963 (deacon) 1964 (priest) |
| Consecration | 1991 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1938 |
| Died | February 2021 (aged 82) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Maurice Taylor & Mary Taylor (née Wood) |
| Spouse | Anne Dart (m. 1965) |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Biography
He was educated at Twyford, Harrow and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[3] After training for ordination at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, he was ordained deacon in 1963 and priest in 1964.[4] He began his career with a curacy in Hammersmith[2] and was then successively Rector of Lilongwe, Malaŵi, a chaplain at Bishop Grosseteste College in Lincoln, a Church administrator (firstly for the Synod; latterly for the USPG) before appointment to the Episcopate as Bishop suffragan of Selby — a post he held from 1991 until 2003.[5] In retirement he continued to minister as an honorary assistant bishop in the Dioceses of Gloucester (2003–2013) and of Worcester, in which he had settled at Honeybourne, Worcestershire[6] (2003–2016).[7]
Taylor died in February 2021 at the age of 82, less than one month short of his 83rd birthday.[1]
