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John Gladwin

The Right Reverend
John Gladwin
Bishop of Chelmsford
Diocese Diocese of Chelmsford
In office 2004 – 31 August 2009 (retirement)
Predecessor John Perry
Successor Stephen Cottrell
Other posts Bishop of Guildford
1994–2004
Provost of Sheffield
1988–1994
Orders
Ordination 1967 (deacon)
1968 (priest)
Consecration 1994
Personal details
Born (1942-05-30) 30 May 1942 (age 74)
Hertford, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Denomination Anglican
Spouse Lydia Adam (m. 1981)
Alma mater Churchill College, Cambridge

John Warren Gladwin (born 30 May 1942) is a retired Anglican bishop. From 2004 to 2009, he was the Bishop of Chelmsford in the Church of England. He stands in the open evangelical tradition.

Gladwin was born on 30 May 1942 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. 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 was Provost of Sheffield from 1988 to 1994 and Bishop of Guildford from 1994 to 2004 when he was appointed to be Bishop of Chelmsford. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 1999.

Christian engagement with public affairs has been a constant theme throughout his ministry. For six years he 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 work of many Christians who are committed to working alongside the world’s most needy people. He served as chair for 10 years, being succeeded in June 2008 by Anne Owers.

As the Bishop of Chelmsford, he has sought to embrace the vast diversity of the second largest diocese in the Church of England. In late 2008 he announced that he would retire on 31 August 2009. On his retirement he became the Chairman of Citizens Advice.


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