David Galliford

David Galliford

David George Galliford (born 20 June 1925) was an Anglican Suffragan Bishop who served in two Dioceses between 1975 and 1991. Educated at Bede College and Clare College, Cambridge [1] he studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at St John Newland, Hull.[2] A Minor Canon at Windsor from 1954 until 1956 [3] he subsequently served as Vicar of Newton under Roseberry and Rector of Bolton Percy. From 1970 he was Canon Residentiary and Treasurer of York Minster [4] before elevation five years later to be the Bishop of Hulme. Translated to be the inaugural Bishop of Bolton in 1984, he retired in 1991.

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Kenneth Venner Ramsey
Bishop of Hulme
1975 – 1984
Succeeded by
David Bonser
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Bishop of Bolton
1984 – 1991
Succeeded by
Colin John Fraser Scott

Notes

  1. ^ Who’s Who 2008 (London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
  2. ^ Church web-site
  3. ^ "Debrett's People of Today": Ellis,P (Ed): London, Debtrett's, 1992 ISBN 1870520092
  4. ^ Crockfords, (London, Church House 1975) ISBN 0108153674