Anglican
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Reformed Episcopal Church
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's
Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
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(NEMA).
Biography
Gillin was born in
Philadelphia
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and raised in
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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. He graduated from
Susquehanna University
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and received an M.Div. from
Reformed Episcopal Seminary
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.
He served for 24 years as rector of Grace Reformed Episcopal Church in
Collingdale, Pennsylvania
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, as well as interim rector of St. Mark’s Reformed Episcopal Church in Rydal, Pennsylvania. Gillin was canon to the ordinary under NEMA bishops
Leonard W. Riches
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and
David L. Hicks
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Daniel Morse
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Biography
Morse was married for 48 years to Marianne Porcher McCravey (1944– ...
and Richard Lipka. In 2019, upon Hicks' retirement, Gillin was elected to succeed him as bishop ordinary.
In 2022, Gillin announced that he would retire by 2025. The diocese called for the election of a bishop coadjutor, and in November 2022, William A. Jenkins Sr. was elected. Jenkins succeeded Gillin as bishop ordinary on January 2, 2025.