Gavin Hunter Reid OBE (born 24 May 1934) was the Bishop of Maidstone from 1992 until 2001.[1] Primary school : part educated at Blackheath and Kidbrooke C of E school.
Reid was educated at The John Roan School in Greenwich and King's College London. Ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961,[2] after a curacy at St Paul's East Ham[3] he served in a succession of administrative posts for the Church Pastoral Aid Society before his ordination to the episcopate. He is a prolific author and his works include The Gagging of God (1969), A New Happiness (1974), To Reach a Nation (1987), Our Place in his Story (1994) and To Canterbury with Love.[1] He was awarded the OBE in 1999[4] for his contribution to the Millennium celebrations. He retired[5] to Beccles in 2001 and is an assistant bishop in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Reid, Rt Rev. Gavin Hunter", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; online edn, Nov 2011 [1], accessed 9 July 2012
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory (London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ^ "Parish details". Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
- ^ OBE award
- ^ Succession details Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Daily Telegraph, p. 30, 17 November 2008.
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