Gavin Hunter Reid

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(born 24 May 1934) was the Bishop of Maidstone from 1992 until 2001."Reid, Rt Rev. Gavin Hunter", ''Who's Who 2012'', A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; online edn, Nov 201

accessed 9 July 2012 Primary school : part educated at Blackheath and Kidbrooke C of E school. Reid was educated at The John Roan School in Greenwich and

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

. Ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961, after a curacy at St Paul's

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he served in a succession of administrative posts for the Church Pastoral Aid Society before his ordination to the episcopate. He is a prolific author and his works include ''The Gagging of God'' (1969), ''A New Happiness'' (1974), ''To Reach a Nation'' (1987), ''Our Place in his Story'' (1994) and ''To Canterbury with Love''. He was awarded the

in 1999 for his contribution to the Millennium celebrations. He retired to Beccles in 2001 and is an

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in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.''

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'', p. 30, 17 November 2008.

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1934 births People educated at the John Roan School Alumni of King's College London Living people Bishops of Maidstone 20th-century Church of England bishops 21st-century Church of England bishops Officers of the Order of the British Empire {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub