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Martyn Snow

The Right Reverend

Martyn Snow
Bishop of Leicester
Snow in 2016
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseLeicester
In office2016–present
PredecessorTim Stevens
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination
Consecration25 September 2013
by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born
Martyn James Snow

(1968-01-25) 25 January 1968 (age 56)
Indonesia
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
ResidenceBishop's Lodge, Knighton[1]
SpouseLynn Snow
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Spiritual
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 October 2022

Martyn James Snow[2] (born 25 January 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.[1]

Early life and education

Martyn James Snow was born on 25 January 1968[3] in Indonesia.[4][5] His parents worked with the church in Indonesia and his grandparents were missionaries in China.[6] His grandfather was James O. Fraser who pioneered work among the Lisu people of Southwestern China and is credited with developing the Fraser script for their language.[7]

Snow studied chemistry at Sheffield University,[4] graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1989.[8] He trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 1995.[9] He also holds a Master of Arts (MA) degree in theology from Durham University which he completed in 2012.[8][10]

Ordained ministry

Snow was made a deacon at Petertide 1995 (2 July) by David Lunn, Bishop of Sheffield, at Sheffield Cathedral[11] and ordained a priest the Petertide following (5 July 1996) by Michael Gear, Bishop of Doncaster at his title church (St Andrew's, Brinsworth).[12] He was an assistant curate at Brinsworth with Catcliffe and Treeton before service with the Church Mission Society in Guinea. He worked as Youth Chaplain with the Anglican Diocese of Guinea in the Church of the Province of West Africa. He was vicar of Christ Church, Pitsmoor from 2001 to 2010 and area dean of Ecclesfield from 2007. In 2010 he became Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham.[10]

Episcopal ministry

On 25 September 2013, Snow was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service in Westminster Abbey.[5][13] In October 2013, he started his duties as Bishop of Tewkesbury, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Gloucester.[5] He was acting diocesan Bishop of Gloucester from 5 August 2014 until Rachel Treweek took up the role of diocesan bishop in June 2015.[14]

On 15 December 2015, it was announced that Snow would be translated to Leicester in 2016.[10][15] Snow officially became Bishop of Leicester with the confirmation of his election on 22 February 2016.[16] He then become the youngest diocesan bishop in the Church of England, aged 48.[17] 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.[18]

In May 2016 Snow was one of six bishops cited in the Guardian and Church Times as subject of Clergy Disciplinary Measure complaints owing to their alleged inaction on a disclosure by a sexual assault survivor.[19][20] The bishops contested the complaints.[21] [22]From October that year, Snow sat on the Church of England's National Safeguarding Steering Group (NSSG).[23][24]He resigned in 2020.[25]

Between 2017 and 2024, Snow was chair of the College of Archbishops' Evangelists.[26] In April 2021, Snow became the Bishop Protector for the Third Order of Franciscans known as the Third Order Society of St Francis (T.S.S.F.)[27] Snow is also Sponsoring Bishop for the Church of England project to grow the number of children and youth ministers in the church to 30,000.[28] He is also a member of the Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns.[29]

In Leicester, Snow is also chair of the Oversight Group for Leicester Homelessness Charter, an umbrella organisation for businesses, charities and statutory agencies who work with people who have experienced homelessness. [30]

He became a member of the House of Lords (as a Lord Spiritual) on 6 October 2022.[31]

Views

Snow has been outspoken on issues of racial justice including 'taking the knee' outside Leicester Cathedral in July 2020[32] and speaking at a conference on the subject of Whiteness.[33]

In February 2023, Snow voted to approve blessings for same-sex couples in the Church of England.[34] In November 2023, Snow abstained during a vote on introducing "standalone services for same-sex couples" on a trial basis during a meeting of the General Synod; the motion passed.[35][36] In February 2023, he had spoken of his willingness to implement the votes of the General Synod on the Prayers of Love and Faith even though he had not voted for them,[37] and in November that year he became the lead bishop for the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) process involving the introduction of "Prayers of Love and Faith" for same sex couples. [38]

Snow has been active in campaigning for the government to scrap the two-child limit on benefits.[39][40]

Works

References

  1. ^ a b "Martyn James Snow". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Sheffield Diocesan Board of Finance". Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Martyn Snow". api.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Snow, Martyn James". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 July 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ a b c "The Bishop of Tewkesbury". Diocese of Gloucester. Church of England. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Bishop Martyn Snow shares his powerful God Story & talks about the Evangelism & the Power of Prayer". YouTube. 19 April 2022. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  7. ^ Fraser Crossman, Eileen (1994). Mountain Rain (OMF ed.). Wheaton, Ill: Harold Shaw Publishers. ISBN 9-780877-885511.
  8. ^ a b "Leicester, Bishop of, (Rt Rev. Martyn James Snow) (born 1968)". Who's Who 2023. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Martyn James Snow". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "Bishop of Leicester: Martyn James Snow". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 15 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Petertide ordinations". Church Times. No. 6909. 14 July 1995. p. 12. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 July 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  12. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 6961. 12 July 1995. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 July 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  13. ^ Yong, Michael (2 August 2013). "New Bishop of Tewkesbury youngest in C of E". Gloucestershire Echo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  14. ^ Diocese of Gloucester — Letter from the Bishop of Tewkesbury Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 7 August 2014)
  15. ^ Diocese of Leicester — Welcome to the New Bishop of Leicester Archived 2016-01-29 at archive.today (Accessed 15 December 2015)
  16. ^ Diocese of Leicester — Martyn confirmed for Leicester & photo on Twitter Archived 24 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 26 February 2016)
  17. ^ "A quiet revolution, not an Evangelical takeover". Church Times. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  18. ^ "Welcome Bishop Martyn". Diocese of Leicester. Church of England. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  19. ^ "Senior Anglican clergy accused of failing to act on rape allegations". The Guardian. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  20. ^ "Goddard Inquiry begins to sift through Church's evidence". Church Times. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  21. ^ "Independent Learning Lessons Review". Church Times. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  22. ^ "Independent Learning Lessons Review" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  23. ^ "National Safeguarding Steering Group" (PDF). Church of England. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  24. ^ "November 20 2017 – National Safeguarding Steering Group [NSSG] and National Safeguarding Panel [NSP] – Church of England". The Bell Society. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  25. ^ "National Safeguarding Steering Group". Church of England. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  26. ^ "Archbishops College of Evangelists". Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  27. ^ "TSSF". Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  28. ^ "30k Project Board" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  29. ^ "Committtee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns". Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  30. ^ "Homelessness Charter". Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  31. ^ "The Lord Bishop of Leicester". Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  32. ^ "Taking the Knee". Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  33. ^ "Whiteness". Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  34. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  35. ^ "GENERAL SYNOD NOVEMBER 2023 GROUP OF SESSIONS BUSINESS DONE AT 5 P.M." (PDF). churchofengland.org. The Church of England. 13 November 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023. 7. The motion (as amended) 'That this Synod, conscious that the Church is not of one mind on the issues raised by Living in Love and Faith, that we are in a period of uncertainty, and that many in the Church on all sides are being deeply hurt at this time, recognise the progress made by the House of Bishops towards implementing the motion on Living in Love and Faith passed by this Synod in February 2023, as reported in GS 2328, encourage the House to continue its work of implementation, and ask the House to consider whether some standalone services for same-sex couples could be made available for use, possibly on a trial basis, on the timescale envisaged by the motion passed by the Synod in February 2023.' was carried following a counted vote by Houses.
  36. ^ "General Synod 15th November 2023 – Item 007" (PDF). churchofengland.org. The Church of England. 15 November 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  37. ^ "Prayers of Love and Faith". Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  38. ^ "synod signals support for anglican way forward on same-sex relationships". The Church of England. 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  39. ^ "the two child benefit cap in the UK is unfair and doesn't work". The Guardian. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  40. ^ "new DWP statistics". Child Poverty Action Group. 11 July 2024. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham
2010–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Tewkesbury
2013–2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Leicester
2016–present 		Incumbent
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