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Martyn William Jarrett SSC (born 25 October 1944) is an Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Beverley in the Church of England from 2000 to 2012.
Jarrett was educated at Cotham Grammar School and King's College London (BD, AKC).
He was ordained in 1968 and began his ordained ministry with a curacy in Bristol followed by one in Swindon. Following this, he held incumbencies in Northolt andthen Hillingdon. From 1985 to 1991, he worked for the Advisory Council on Church Ministry and was then vicar of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield before his ordination to the episcopate. He was consecrated as a bishop by John Habgood, Archbishop of York, on 2 February 1994 at York Minster and translated to be a provincial episcopal visitor in 2000. He is a keen ornithologist.
It was announced in December 2011 that Jarrett would retire as Bishop of Beverley on 30 September 2012.
Styles
- The Reverend Martyn Jarrett (1970–1994)
- The Right Reverend Martyn Jarrett (1994–present)
