Martin William Wallace is the current Suffragan Bishop of Selby

Bishop of Selby

The Bishop of Selby is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of York, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Selby in North Yorkshire. The Bishop of Selby is responsible for the Archdeaconry of York.-List of the Bishops...

. He was educated at King’s College London (Winchester scholarship, BD, AKC) and St Augustine’s Theological College, Canterbury. Ordained in 1972 he began his career with a Curacy

Curate

A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...

 at St Alban Attercliffe in the Diocese of Sheffield

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 formed on January 23, 1914, by the division from the Diocese of York...

 and was then successively Vicar

Vicar

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 of St Mark, Forest Gate, Rural Dean

Rural Dean

In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church, a Rural Dean presides over a Rural Deanery .-Origins and usage:...

 of Newham

London Borough of Newham

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 and Archdeacon of Colchester before ascending to the Episcopate

Suffragan bishop

A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...

 — a post he currently holds. A noted author he is also a keen garden designer.

Bishop Martin was consecrated 4 December 2003 at York Minster

York Minster

York Minster is a Gothic cathedral in York, England and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe alongside Cologne Cathedral. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the cathedral for the Diocese of York; it is run by...

Styles

• Martin Wallace Esq (1948–1972)
• The Revd Martin Wallace (1972–1989)
• The Revd Canon Martin Wallace (1989–1997)
• The Ven Martin Wallace (1997–2003)
• The Rt Revd Martin Wallace (2003—)