Michael Gear (bishop)
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Michael Frederick Gear (born 27 November 1934) is a former Suffragan Bishop of Doncaster.[1]
Gear was educated at St John's College, Durham.[2] Ordained in 1961,[3] he began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Bexleyheath[4] was then Vicar of St Andrew, Clubmore, Liverpool; Rector of Avondale, Harare; Rural Dean of Macclesfield; and finally, before his elevation to the Episcopate, Archdeacon of Chester. Since retiring to Maidstone Bishop Michael continues to serve the church as an Assistant Bishop within Canterbury diocese and a trustee of a charity for Zimbabwean street children.[5]
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Doncaster 1993–1999 |
Succeeded by Cyril Ashton |
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- ↑ Crockfords, (London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ↑ ‘GEAR, Rt Rev. Michael Frederick’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 9 July 2012
- ↑ National Archives-Gear’s Curate’s License
- ↑ Details of Parish
- ↑ Charity details
