Gavin Hunter Reid was the Bishop of Maidstone

Bishop of Maidstone

The Bishop of Maidstone was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the county town of Maidstone in Kent and had a similar though subordinate role to that of the Bishop of...

 from 1992 until 2001. He was born on 24 May 1934 and educated at Roan School

John Roan school

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 and King's College London

King's College London

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. Ordained Deacon

Deacon

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 in 1960 and Priest

Priest

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 in 1961, after a Curacy

Curate

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 at St Paul’s, East Ham

East Ham

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he served in a succession of administrative posts for the Church Pastoral Aid Society before his elevation to the Episcopate. A prolific author, he was awarded the OBE in 1999 for his contribution to the Millennium

Millennium

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 celebrations. He retired to Beccles

Beccles

Beccles is a market town and civil parish in the Waveney District of the English county of Suffolk. The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 Blythburgh and A12 road, northeast of London as the crow flies, southeast of Norwich, and north northeast of the county town of...

 in 2001 and continues to serve the church as an Assistant Bishop

Assistant Bishop

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 within the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.