Humphrey Taylor Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Humphrey Taylor
Bishop of Selby
Church:Church of England
Diocese:Diocese of York
Term:1991–2003
Predecessor:Clifford Barker
Successor:Martin Wallace
Other Post:Honorary assistant bishop in Gloucester (2003–2013) and in Worcester (2003–2016)
Ordination:1963 (deacon)
1964 (priest)
Consecration:1991
Birth Date:5 March 1938
Death Date:February 2021 (aged 82)
Religion:Anglican
Parents:Maurice Taylor & Mary Taylor (née Wood)
Spouse:Anne Dart (m. 1965)
Children:2 daughters
Alma Mater:Pembroke College, Cambridge

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]

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. He began his career with a curacy in Hammersmith 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.[4] 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 (2003–2016).

Taylor died in February 2021 at the age of 82, less than one month short of his 83rd birthday.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Humphrey Taylor RIP. https://web.archive.org/web/20210219180207/https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/news-events/news/bishop-humphrey-taylor-rip/. dead. 19 February 2021. 19 February 2021. Diocese of York. 20 February 2021.
  2. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords On line]
  3. Book: Who's Who 2008. 2007. A. & C. Black. London. 978-0-7136-8555-8.
  4. Web site: Official announcement of retirement, 29 July 2003 . 23 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071107202301/http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page4279.asp . 7 November 2007 . dead .