David Bentley (Bishop of Gloucester)
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The Rt Revd David Bentley |
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| Bishop of Gloucester | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Gloucester |
| Installed | 1993 |
| Term ended | 2003 (retirement) |
| Predecessor | Peter Ball |
| Successor | Michael Perham |
| Other posts | Bishop of Lynn (1986–1993) |
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| Ordination | 1961 |
| Consecration | July 1986 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1935 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Clarice Bentley |
| Children | Katharine Gorick, Simon Bentley, Rachel Harrison, Matthew Bentley |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
David Edward Bentley (born 7 August 1935) is a retired English bishop. He was formerly the Bishop of Lynn and, subsequently, the Bishop of Gloucester in the Church of England.
Bentley was educated at Great Yarmouth Grammar School and the University of Leeds. He studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge and was ordained in 1961. He began his ordained ministry with as a curate at St Ambrose's Bristol and Holy Trinity with St Mary in Guildford; after which he was rector of Headley, East Hampshire,Rural Dean of Esher and (his final position before ordination to the episcopate) of the Community of All Hallows, Ditchingham.
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