Martyn Jarrett Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Martyn Jarrett
Honorific-Suffix:SSC
Bishop of Beverley
Church:Church of England
Province:Province of York
Diocese:Diocese of York
Term:2000–2012
Enthroned:7 October 2000[1]
Predecessor:John Gaisford
Successor:Glyn Webster
Ordination:1968 (deacon); 1969 (priest)
Consecration:1994
Consecrated By:John Habgood
Birth Date:25 October 1944
Birth Place:Kingsdown, Bristol, England
Nationality:British
Religion:Anglican
Spouse:Betty
Children:2 daughters
Alma Mater:King's College London

Martyn William Jarrett SSC [2] (born 25 October 1944) is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Beverley in the Church of England from 2000 to 2012.[3]

Early life and education

Jarrett was educated at Cotham Grammar School and King's College London (BD, AKC).[4]

Ordained ministry

He was ordained in 1968[5] and began his ordained ministry with a curacy in Bristol followed by one in Swindon.[6] Following this, he held incumbencies in Northolt and then Hillingdon. From 1985 to 1991, he worked for the Advisory Council on Church Ministry and was then vicar of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield before his ordination to the episcopate.[7]

He was consecrated as a bishop by John Habgood, Archbishop of York, on 2 February 1994 at York Minster and translated to be a provincial episcopal visitor in 2000. He is a keen ornithologist.[8] Before he became the Bishop of Beverley he was the Bishop of Burnley. After he moved in 2000 he was replaced by John Goddard.

It was announced in December 2011 that Jarrett would retire as Bishop of Beverley on 30 September 2012.[9] He was replaced by Glyn Webster as the Bishop of Beverley.

Styles

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bishopofbeverley.co.uk/ Bishop of Beverley
  2. Web site: Anglican Communion: -. 26 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226201937/http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=4501Anglican. 26 February 2015. anglicancommunion.org. 23 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Official announcement. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402040556/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page2794. dead. 2 April 2012. 23 July 2024.
  4. Web site: Burkes Peerage. 23 July 2024.
  5. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  6. [Who's Who]
  7. Web site: Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints. http://web.archive.org/web/20090131052219/http://www.chesterfieldparishchurch.org.uk/. 31 January 2009. www.chesterfieldparishchurch.org.uk. 5 December 2008.
  8. Debrett's People of Today London, 2008 Debrett's,
  9. The Church Times, 9 December 2011, p. 6