David Nigel de Lorentz Young (2 September 1931 – 10 August 2008) was a British

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priest, who served as the last

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before the diocese became known as the

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. At his appointment at the age of 46 he was the youngest diocesan bishop of the

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'' 16 August 2008 ''The Rt Rev David Young'' He was a supporter of women priests, but opposed to active homosexual priests and

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s. He had special knowledge of Eastern religions (especially

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) and languages, which he used in his

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work, and was particularly concerned with education.

Early life, education and military career

Born in

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, then in the Bombay Presidency of

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, the son of an

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, David Young returned to the UK for his education at

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. He then did

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in the

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, being commissioned as a second lieutenant on 21 October 1950, He completed his active duty on 15 October 1951 when he transferred to the Supplementary Reserve of Officers, and went up to

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, where he studied Mathematics, gaining a first class degree. He was promoted acting

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on 6 July 1952, and this was made substantive on 2 September 1954, and his National Service ended on 23 September 1955.

Ecclesiastical and academic career

Young worked in industry as a research mathematician with

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before deciding to take

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via study at

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. He worked as a

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in Liverpool and London, then went to the

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to study

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and

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before going to

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with the

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. He became interested in

, becoming director of

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at Lanka Theological College in

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. Returning to England in 1967 following the death of his first wife, he became lecturer in Buddhist Studies at

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. In 1970 he was appointed

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. He lectured part-time in the Faculty of

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. He briefly rejoined the army, holding a commission as a Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class in the Territorial Army section of the

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between 21 November 1972 and 5 September 1975. In 1975, he was appointed

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, and vicar of

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, then in 1977, briefly rector of

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and an

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before his nomination as Bishop of Ripon. He retired in 1999, having been diagnosed with

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Family

In 1962, he married his first wife Rachel Lewis (who died in a car crash in 1966), with whom he had a son and a daughter. In 1967, he married his second wife, Jane Havill, who survived him, and by whom he had three further sons.

Church positions

* Chair of the Church of England's Board of Education

Honours

*Young was appointed

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(CBE) in the 2000

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, "For services to the Church of England and to Education." *The David Young Community Academy in the

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area of

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was named after him on 18 October 2006. It is a '

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', built at a cost of £23m.Archbishop of York to open Leeds' first academy
accessed 13 January 2007

Associations

Young was associated with the

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in the United States' Episcopal Church."Another Liberal Movement Slowly But Surely Gains Supporters Among Episcopal, Other Anglican Bishops"
accessed 13 January 2007

References

External links

Diocese of Ripon and Leeds website
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