Carey Knyvett

Carey Frederick Knyvett (1885 – 1967) was the 2nd Bishop of Selby. Educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1914. His first post was as Curate at Petworth. Subsequently Chaplain to the Bishop of Sheffield (until war broke out), Vicar of Benwell and Archdeacon of Northampton he ascended to the Episcopate in 1941, a post he was to hold until retirement 21 years later.