David Keith Gillett

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David Keith Gillett (b. 25 January 1945) was the 3rd Anglican Bishop of Bolton from 1999 until 2007. Educated at Wellingborough School and Leeds University ^[1] he studied for ordination at Oak Hill Theological College before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a Curacy in Watford ^[2]. From 1971 he was Secretary of the CYFA^[3], an organization that supports Christian teenagers^[4]. After a spell as Lecturer at St John’s College, Nottingham^[5] and an Incumbency at [Lewsey]] he was appointed Principal of Trinity College, Bristol in 1988. Eleven years later he was elevated to the Suffragan Bishopric of Bolton. A keen photographer and gardener,he retired in 2007^[6].

Church of England titles
Preceded by David Bonser	Bishop of Bolton 1999 – 2007	Succeeded by Christopher Paul Edmondson

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Who’s Who 2008 (London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
2. ^ "Debrett's People of Today": Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debtrett's) p 1621 ISBN 1870520092)
3. ^ Crockfords,(London, Church House 1975) ISBN 0108153674
4. ^ CYFA web-site
5. ^ College web-site
6. ^ Official announcement

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