Richard Seed (priest)

Richard Murray Crosland Seed (born 9 May 1949) was Archdeacon of York in the Diocese of York from 1999[1] to 2011.

Seed was educated at St Philip's School, Burley-in-Wharfedale;[2] Edinburgh Theological College; and Leeds University. He was ordained Deacon in 1972, and priest in 1973.[3] After curacies in Skipton and Baildonhe was Team Vicar of Kidlington from 1977 to 1980; and then of Boston Spa from 1980 until his appointment as Archdeacon. During this time he was also Rector of Micklegate.[4] In 2011 he became a Residentiary Canon and Prebendary of York Minster.[5] He retired in 2015.

References

  1. ^ Appointments. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 14 October 1999; pg. 26; Issue 66645
  2. ^ Francis Frith
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 :London, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ^ ‘SEED, Ven. Richard Murray Crosland’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 14 May 2017
  5. ^ Diocese of York


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