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Ken Gill (bishop)

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Kenneth E. Gill
Assistant Bishop of Newcastle
DioceseDiocese of Newcastle
In office1980–98
SuccessorPaul Richardson
Other post(s)Honorary assistant bishop in Diocese of Newcastle (1999–2013)
Bishop of Central Karnataka (1972–1980)
Orders
Ordination1958 (deacon); 1960 (presbyter)
Consecration1972
Personal details
Born(1932-05-22)22 May 1932
Died16 February 2013(2013-02-16) (aged 80)
DenominationAnglican and Methodist
ParentsFred & Elsie
SpouseEdna Hammond (m. 1957)
Children1 son; 2 daughters
ProfessionMissionary, writer
Alma materHartley Victoria College, Manchester

Kenneth Edward Gill (22 May 1932 – 16 February 2013)[1] was an Anglican bishop who was the Assistant Bishop of Newcastle in the Church of England and the Diocesan Bishop of Central Karnataka in the Church of South India.

Gill was born to Fred and Elsie Gill, and attended Harrogate Grammar School in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He married Edna Hammond in 1957, and they have three children: one son and two daughters. Gill studied at the Methodist training college Hartley Victoria College, Manchester, and was ordained a deacon in the Church of South India Diocese of Mysore in 1958 and a presbyter in 1960 – that church is a united church comprising (among others) Methodists and Anglicans. He remained in that diocese until 1972.

In 1972, Gill was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Central Karnataka of the Church of South India,[2] where he served until 1980, when he returned to the United Kingdom. In the Church of England, he became the first full-time ("stipendiary") Assistant Bishop of Newcastle until his 1998 retirement. He retired to Edinburgh and was licensed as an honorary assistant bishop in Newcastle diocese.

References

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  1. ^ Diocese of Newcastle – Bishop Kenneth Gill RIP Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 26 April 2014)
  2. ^ K. M. George, Church of South India: life in union, 1947–1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999, pp.36-41. [1]
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop - in - Karnataka Central Diocese
Church of South India

1972-1980
Succeeded by

Sources

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  • "Gill, Rt Rev. Kenneth Edward". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 26 April 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)