Ken Gill (bishop)
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.
Kenneth E. Gill | |
|---|---|
| Assistant Bishop of Newcastle | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Newcastle |
| In office | 1980–98 |
| Successor | Paul Richardson |
| Other posts | Honorary assistant bishop in Diocese of Newcastle (1999–2013) Bishop of Central Karnataka (1972–1980) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1958 (deacon); 1960 (presbyter) |
| Consecration | 1972 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 May 1932 |
| Died | 16 February 2013 (aged 80) |
| Denomination | Anglican and Methodist |
| Parents | Fred & Elsie |
| Spouse | Edna Hammond (m. 1957) |
| Children | 1 son; 2 daughters |
| Profession | Missionary, writer |
| Alma mater | Hartley Victoria College, Manchester |
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
- Diocese of Newcastle – Bishop Kenneth Gill RIP Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 26 April 2014)
- 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.
| Religious titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Norman C. Sargant 1951-1970 |
Bishop - in - Karnataka Central Diocese Church of South India 1972-1980 |
Succeeded by C. D. Jathanna 1983-1993 |
Sources
- "Gill, Rt Rev. Kenneth Edward". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 26 April 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)