Donald Snelgrove

Donald Snelgrove
Bishop of Hull
Diocese	Diocese of York
In office	1981–1994
Predecessor	Geoffrey Paul
Successor	James Jones
Other posts	Honorary assistant bishop in Lincoln (1994–2016) Archdeacon of the East Riding (1970–1981)
Orders
Consecration	c. 1981
Personal details
Born	(1925-04-21)21 April 1925
Died	19 May 2016(2016-05-19) (aged 91)
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge

Donald George Snelgrove (21 April 1925 – 19 May 2016)^[1] was the Suffragan Bishop of Hull from 1981 until 1994.^[2]

He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. After World War II service with the RNVR and a period of study at Ridley Hall, Cambridge he embarked on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at St Thomas Oakwood, London^[3] and St Anselm, Hatch End^[4] after which he was Vicar of St John the Baptist's Church, Dronfield. Following this he was Vicar of Hessle and then (his final appointment before elevation to the Episcopate) Archdeacon of the East Riding, a post he initially held whilst also serving as Rector of Cherry Burton (1970–79).^[5]^[6]

Snelgrove was Bishop of Hull (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of York) from 1981 until his 1994 retirement. In retirement he continued to serve the Church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Lincoln.

Snelgrove died on 19 May 2016 at the age of 91.^[7]

References

Archdeacons of the East Riding

High Medieval	Ranulph William of York Hugh de Puiset John of Canterbury Ralph de Warneville Geoffrey Burchard de Puiset/du Puiset Eustace Hamo Walter de Wisbech Walter de Taney Walter de Woburn Simon of Evesham Robert of Scarborough John de Crowcombe/de Craucombe

Late Medieval	Bertrand de Fargis William de Ayremynne Denis Haverel Aymer Cardinal Robert John de Cestre William de Walcote Walter Skirlaw John de Hermesthorp William de Waltham Francis Cardinal Renzio de Alifia Bartholomew Cardinal Oleari OSB William Feryby Christopher Cardinal de Maronibus William de Waltham (again) Henry Bowet John Wodham Richard Tone Robert Clifton John Walter Edmund Audley Edward Pole William Poteman Henry Carnebull John Hole Richard Mayew Thomas Magnus

Early modern	John Dakyn William Rokeby Martin Parkinson John May Richard Remington Marmaduke Blakiston John Cosin Clement Breton Robert Hitch William Brearey Heneage Dering Jaques Sterne Robert Oliver Thomas Constable Darley Waddilove Francis Wrangham Robert Wilberforce Charles Long

Late modern	Richard Blunt James Palmes Charles Mackarness Unknown/vacant Malet Lambert Bernard Heywood, Bishop of Hull Henry Vodden, Bishop of Hull Frank Ford Donald Snelgrove Michael Vickers Hugh Buckingham Peter Harrison David Butterfield Peter Harrison (Acting) Andy Broom

Bishops of Hull

Richard Blunt John Kempthorne Francis Gurdon Bernard Heywood Henry Vodden George Townley Hubert Higgs Geoffrey Paul Donald Snelgrove James Jones Richard Frith Alison White

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