David Bartleet

{{Short description|British Anglican bishop}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| title = Bishop of Tonbridge

| diocese = Diocese of Rochester

| term = 1982–1993

| predecessor = Philip Goodrich

| successor = Brian Smith

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| ordination = 1957

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| consecration = 1982

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|4|11|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|11|1|1929|4|11|df=y}}

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| nationality = British

| religion = Anglican

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| parents = Edmund Arthur Bartleet & Helen née Holford

| spouse = Jean Mary née Rees

| children = 3

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| alma_mater = St Peter's Hall

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David Henry Bartleet (11 April 1929{{snd}}1 November 2002) was a British Anglican bishop. From 1982 to 1993, he was the fourth Bishop of Tonbridge, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Rochester.The Times, 27 April 1982; pg. 14; Issue 61218; col E New Bishop of Tonbridge.

He was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford{{Who's Who | year= 2007 | title = Bartleet, Rt Rev. David Henry | id= U6691 | doi= 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U6691 }} and St Peter's Hall.Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P 1992, London, Debtrett's {{ISBN|1-870520-09-2}} Ordained in 1957 after a period of study at Westcott House, Cambridge, he began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich.[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stmaryletower.htm Details of church] He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1957 at St Edmundsbury Cathedral{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas Ordinations | archive = 1957_10_04_013 | issue = 4938 | date = 4 October 1957 | page = 13 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }} and ordained priest the following Michaelmas (1958) at All Saints' Church, Ipswich — both times by Arthur Morris, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas Ordinations | archive = 1958_10_03_016 | issue = 4490 | date = 3 October 1958 | page = 16 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}

From here he took a second curacy as curate-in-charge of St Edmund's Church in the parish of St George's, Doncaster, 1960–1964. He then served as vicar of Edenbridge (until 1973){{Church Times | title = Clerical Appointments | archive = 1964_01_10_016 | issue = 5265 | date = 10 January 1964 | page = 16 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }} and then of Bromley{{Church Times | title = Clerical Appointments | archive = 1973_05_04_015 | issue = 5751 | date = 4 May 1973 | page = 15 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }} before being appointed to the episcopate; at Bromley he was additionally appointed an honorary canon of Rochester Cathedral from 1979 (which honour he kept alongside his suffragan See).{{Church Times | title = Deaths | archive = 1993_06_11_003 | issue = 6800 | date = 11 June 1993 | page = 3 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }} He was appointed to serve as Bishop suffragan of Tonbridge;{{Church Times | title = New bishop chosen for Tonbridge | archive = 1982_04_30_002 | issue = 6220 | date = 30 April 1982 | page = 2 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }} he served until he retired in 1993. He was consecrated a bishop on 23 October 1982, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Canterbury Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = New suffragan consecrated | archive = 1982_10_29_003 | issue = 6246 | date = 29 October 1982 | page = 3 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}

He was the son of Edmund Arthur Bartleet and Helen née Holford. In 1956, he married Jean Mary née Rees; together, they had one son and two daughters.