John Gladwin

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John Warren Gladwin is the Bishop of Chelmsford in the Church of England.

Born in 1942, he was educated at Hertford Grammar School and Churchill College, Cambridge (BA 1965, MA 1968). His ministerial training was at Cranmer Hall, Durham (Diploma in Theology 1969). He was ordained deacon in 1967, priest in 1968, and bishop in 1994. He married Lydia Elizabeth Adam in 1981.

He was Bishop of Guildford from 1994 – 2004, when he was appointed to be Bishop of Chelmsford. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 1999. He is currently the Chair of the Board of Christian Aid.

Christian engagement with public affairs has been a constant theme throughout his ministry, and for six years was Director of the Shaftesbury Project on Christian Involvement in Society, before becoming Secretary of the Church of England’s Board for Social Responsibility. He was Chair of the Ministry Division of the Church of England until 2006.

His work with Christian Aid has taken him around the world, where he has seen at first hand the tireless work of many Christians who are committed to working alongside the world’s most needy people.

Since becoming Bishop of Chelmsford, he has sought to embrace the vast diversity of the second largest diocese in the Church of England, and is enjoying the challenge of ministering in rural Essex as well as the vibrant multi-cultural environment of East London.