In office 1984–1991 | Name David Galliford Consecration 1975 | |
Ordination c. 1951 (deacon); c. 1952 (priest) Born 20 June 1925 (age 99) ( 1925-06-20 ) Parents Alfred Bruce & Amy Galliford Spouse Enid Drax (m. 1954; d. 1983)Claire Phoenix (m. 1987) | ||
David George Galliford (born 20 June 1925) was an Anglican Suffragan Bishop who served in two sees in Manchester diocese between 1975 and 1991.
Educated at Bede College and Clare College, Cambridge he studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at St John Newland, Hull. A Minor Canon at St George's, Windsor from 1954 until 1956 he subsequently served as Vicar of Newton under Roseberry and Rector of Bolton Percy. From 1970 he was Canon Residentiary and Treasurer of York Minster before elevation five years later to be the Bishop of Hulme. Translated to be the inaugural Bishop of Bolton in 1984, he retired in 1991.
An active English Freemason, he served as the Grand Chaplain of the United Grand Lodge of England for three years from 1990 to 1993.