William Gilpin (bishop)

William Percy Gilpin was a long serving Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames.^[1]

Born on 26 July 1902 and 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 and died 19 years later on 4 January 1988.

References

1. ^ Lays foundation stone for new church
2. ^ Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
3. ^ The Times, 16 April 1952, p6, "New Bishop of Kingston"