Martin William Wallace (born 16 November 1948) is a retired

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bishop. He was the Bishop of Selby from 2003 to 2013.

Early life

He was trained for the priesthood at King's College London (Winchester scholarship, Bachelor of Divinity ,

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),Official notification
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Religious life

He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform ...

in 1972 he began his career with a

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at ''St Alban Attercliffe'' in the

Diocese of Sheffield The Diocese of Sheffield is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. The Diocese of Sheffield was created under George V on 23 January 1914, by the division from the Diocese of York (along with that pa ...

and was then successively

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of ''St Mark, Forest Gate'',

rural dean In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective ...

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, priest in charge of St Thomas Bradwell-on-Sea and St Lawrence, St Lawrence, Newland, and chaplain to St Peter on the Wall, Bradwell-on-Sea, and industrial chaplain to Bradwell Power Station and

Archdeacon of Colchester The Archdeacon of Colchester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Chelmsford – she or he has responsibilities within her archdeaconry (the Archdeaconry of Colchester) including oversight of church buildings and some supervision, d ...

before appointment to the

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. Wallace was consecrated on 4 December 2003 at

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. From 2003 to 2013, he served as the Bishop of Selby, a suffragan bishop in the

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. In November 2013, he retired; and he lives in

Bridlington Bridlington is a coastal town and a civil parish on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is about north of Hull and east of York. The Gypsey Race enters the North Sea at its harbour. The 2011 ...

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. His works include ''Healing Encounters in the City'' (1987), ''City Prayers'' (1994), ''Pocket Celtic Prayers'' (1996), and ''A Celtic Resource Book'' (1998). In addition to writing, he is also a keen garden designer.Who’s Who (ibid)

Styles

* ''

The Reverend The Reverend is an honorific style most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. ''The Reverend'' is correctly ...

'' Martin Wallace (1972–1989) * ''The Reverend''

Canon Canon or Canons may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Canon (fiction), the conceptual material accepted as official in a fictional universe by its fan base * Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture ** Western ca ...

Martin Wallace (1989–1997) * ''

The Venerable The Venerable (''venerabilis'' in Latin) is a style, a title, or an epithet which is used in some Western Christianity, Western Christian churches, or it is a translation of similar terms for clerics in Eastern Orthodoxy and monastics in Buddhism. ...

'' Martin Wallace (1997–2003) * ''The Right Reverend'' Martin Wallace (2003–present)

References

1948 births Living people Alumni of the Theological Department of King's College London Associates of King's College London Bishops of Selby Archdeacons of Colchester 21st-century Church of England bishops {{churchofEngland-bishop-stub