William Gilpin (bishop)

William Percy Gilpin (26 July 1902 – 4 January 1988) was a long serving Bishop of Kingston.^[1]

Gilpin was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham^[2] and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1925 was a curate in Solihull following which he was chaplain of Chichester Theological College; Vicar of Manaccan, then Penzance; Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Gloucester and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) the Archdeacon of Southwark.^[3] He retired to Ludlow in 1970.

References

↑ Lays foundation stone for new church
↑ Who was Who 1897–1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ The Times, 16 April 1952, p6, "New Bishop of Kingston"

Church of England titles
Preceded by Frederick Ochterloney Taylor Hawkes	Bishop of Kingston 1952–1970	Succeeded by Hugh Montefiore

Bishops of Kingston

Cecil Hook Samuel Taylor Percy Herbert Frederick Hawkes William Gilpin Hugh Montefiore Keith Sutton Peter Selby (became first area bishop)

Area bishops	Peter Selby Martin Wharton Peter Price Richard Cheetham

Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark

Southwark	Samuel Cheetham John Richardson Samuel Taylor* Percy Herbert* Frederick Hawkes* William Gilpin* Havilland Sands Reginald Bazire Michael Whinney Wilfred Wood Douglas Bartles-Smith Michael Ipgrave Dianna Gwilliams (Acting) Jane Steen

Kingston	Charles Burney George Daniell William Hough Robert Joynt George Marten Nicol Anderson Percy Robb Bernard Jacob (became Archdeacon of Reigate)

Reigate	Bernard Jacob (previously Archdeacon of Kingston-on-Thames) Peter Coombs Martin Baddeley Danny Kajumba Andrew Cunnington (Acting) John Kronenburg (Acting) Jonathan Clark** (Acting)

Lewisham	Charles Escreet William Hough* Arthur Preston* Leslie Lang* Robert Stannard* Laurence Brown William Hayman Ivor Davies Clifford Lacey Gordon Kuhrt David Atkinson Christine Hardman (later of Lewisham and Greenwich) Alastair Cutting, Archdeacon of Lewisham and Greenwich

Wandsworth	Reginald Bazire Peter Coombs David Gerrard Stephen Roberts John Kiddle

Lambeth	Charles Pinder Dick Bird Nick Baines Chris Skilton Simon Gates

Bishop suffragan of Kingston area Bishop of Croydon *Bishop suffragan of Woolwich See also: Archdeacon of Croydon.*

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