Kevin Gerhard Franz (born 16 June 1953) was until 2017 Lead Healthcare Chaplain for Mental Health Partnerships for Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board. He was educated at the

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and

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deacon in the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1979. He began his career as a

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at St Martin,

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. After this he was Rector of St John's, Selkirk and then Provost of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth."Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark Since then he has been General Secretary of

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(1999-2007), General Secretary of Quaker Peace and Social Witness London, and from 2009 was Lead Chaplain for Mental Health in Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board.

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