David George Galliford (20 June 1925 – 13 October 2021) was an English Anglican Suffragan Bishop who served in two sees in Manchester diocese between 1975 and 1991.
Church career Educated at Bede College and Clare College, Cambridge‘GALLIFORD, Rt Rev. David George’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 4 July 2012 Galliford studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St John Newland, Hull.Church web-site A Minor Canon at St George's, Windsor, from 1954 until 1956,"Debrett's People of Today": Ellis, P (Ed): London, Debtrett's, 1992 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.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
After Kenneth Ramsey's retirement on 30 June 1975, Galliford was consecrated a bishop before his installation as Bishop of Hulme at Manchester Cathedral not long before 7 November. Translated to be the inaugural Bishop of Bolton in 1984, he served in that capacity until he retired in 1991.
Freemasonry An active English Freemason, Galliford was a member of Exemplar Lodge No 5075 in Manchester, and Marquess of Zetland Lodge No 9349 at Escrick, North Yorkshire.
He served as the Grand Chaplain of the United Grand Lodge of England for three years from 1990 to 1993,Masonic Year Book, published by United Grand Lodge of England (annually), see for example 2014-2015 edition, page 162. the senior clerical appointment within English Freemasonry. He also served locally for several years as the Provincial Grand Chaplain for the Masonic province of Yorkshire (North & East Ridings).
Later life and death In retirement Bishop Galliford and his second wife lived in Wigginton, North Yorkshire. He served as an honorary assistant priest at the parish Church of St Hilda, Ellerburn, near Pickering, a church famously plagued by bat infestation, which reportedly caused the bishop and his wife health issues.
Galliford died on 13 October 2021, at the age of 96.Obituary: Bishop David GallifordDavid Galliford death notice
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