Timothy Elston McClure[1] (born 20 October 1946) is a Church of England priest. He was Archdeacon of Bristol from 1999 until 2012.[2] McClure was educated at Kingston Grammar School, Durham University, and Ridley Hall, Cambridge.
He was ordained Deacon in 1970, and Priest in 1971. After a curacy in Kirkheaton he was Chaplain at Manchester Polytechnic from 1974 to 1982 then General Secretary of the SCM until 1992.[3] He was director of the Churches’ Council for Industry and Social Responsibility in Bristol from 1992 until his appointment as Archdeacon.[4]