Timothy Bavin
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The Right Reverend Dom Timothy Bavin OSB FRSCM |
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| Bishop of Portsmouth | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Portsmouth |
| In office | 1985–1995 |
| Predecessor | Ronald Gordon |
| Successor | Kenneth Stevenson |
| Other posts |
Oblate master, Alton Abbey (?–present) Honorary assistant bishop in Portsmouth (2012 – present) Oblate, Alton Abbey (1996 – present) & honorary assistant bishop in Winchester Bishop of Johannesburg (1974 – 1984) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | c. 1961 (deacon); c. 1962 (priest) |
| Consecration | c. 1974 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1935 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Edward Durrance & Marjorie Bavin |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
Timothy John Bavin OSB FRSCM (born 17 September 1935) is a British Anglican bishop and monk. He was the bishop of Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg from 1974 to 1985. He was then Bishop of Portsmouth from 1985 to 1995.
Bavin was born the son of Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Sydney Durrance Bavin RASC and Marjorie Gwendoline (née Dew) Bavin, on 17 September 1935. He was educated at St George's School, Windsor Castle and Brighton College.
He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford with a degree in Literae Humaniores in 1959 (Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts 1961). During the following two years, Bavin completed his National Service in his father's old regiment. He was commissioned in 1958 and served as a Platoon Officer in Aden.
Returning to Oxford, Bavin studied for ordination at Cuddesdon College. He was ordained deacon in 1961 and priest in 1962, spending the period 1961-69 (and then 1973-85) in South Africa. He was the first Chaplain of St. Alban's College, Pretoria, then a curate at Uckfield with Little Horsted and finally Vicar of the Parish of the Good Shepherd, Brighton from 1971 to 1973.
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