David Shreeve (priest)

{{Short description|English priest (1934–2021)}}

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{{Portal|Christianity}} David Herbert Shreeve (18 January 1934 – 4 December 2021) was Archdeacon of Bradford from 1984 until 1999.Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}}

Shreeve was educated at Southfield Grammar School and St Peter's College, Oxford, and trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/people/38310/the-ven-david-herbert-shreeve|title=Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Ven David Herbert Shreeve|access-date=17 March 2022}} He was ordained deacon in 1959 and priest in 1960, and began his ministry with a curacy at St Andrew's, Plymouth.{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/people/38310/the-ven-david-herbert-shreeve|title=Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Ven David Herbert Shreeve|access-date=17 March 2022}} Following this he was Vicar of St Anne's, Bermondsey,Crockford's clerical directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} and then Vicar of St Luke's, Eccleshill and Rural Dean of Calverley until his appointment to the senior leadership team of the Diocese of Bradford.{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/people/38310/the-ven-david-herbert-shreeve|title=Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Ven David Herbert Shreeve|access-date=17 March 2022}}

He died in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/people/38310/the-ven-david-herbert-shreeve|title=Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Ven David Herbert Shreeve|access-date=17 March 2022}}