Bob Gillies

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Previous Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseDiocese of Aberdeen and Orkney
ElectedApril 2006
In office2006 - 2016
Other post(s)Dean of the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (2004-2006)
Personal details
Born
Robert Arthur Gillies

(1951-10-21) 21 October 1951 (age 72)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Spouse
Katherine Elizabeth Greening Tucker
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(m. 1976)​
Children4 (1 deceased)

Robert Arthur "Bob" Gillies (born 21 October 1951) is a retired British

Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in the Scottish Episcopal Church.[1] He is also a published author.[2]

Early life and education

Gillies was born on 21 October 1951.[3] From 1969 to 1971, he worked as a medical laboratory technician.[3] He then trained for ordination and studied theology at the University of Edinburgh.[4][5] He graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1978.[3]

Gillies later undertook

Edgar Sheffield Brightman".[6]

Ordained ministry

Gillies was

ordained in the Scottish Episcopal Church as a deacon in 1976 and a priest in 1978.[4][7] He served curacies at Christ Church, Falkirk and Christ Church, Morningside, Edinburgh.[4] He was a Chaplain at the University of Dundee from 1984 to 1991.[4] After this he was Rector of St Andrews Episcopal Church, St Andrews.[4] From 2004 to 2006, he was also Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.[3]

In April 2006, Gillies was elected bishop of the

consecrated a bishop at St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen on 23 September 2007.[1] On 3 May 2016, it was announced that Gillies would retire from his position as diocesan bishop later in the year; he subsequently retired on 31 October 2016.[9]

Gillies continues to serve as assistant clergy within the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, especially in the church of St James the Great, Cupar.

Views

In 2016, Gillies voted against changing the wording of the marriage clause to allow for same-sex marriage in the Scottish Episcopal Church; he was one of two bishops to vote against.[10] The motion was approved by 97 votes to 33.[10]

Personal life

In 1976, Gillies married Katherine Elizabeth Greening Tucker.[3] Together they have four sons, one of whom pre-deceased his parents.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b The Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. GMT
    , Wednesday, 9 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "ABERDEEN AND ORKNEY, Bishop of,". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0567087468
    .
  5. ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  6. ^ Gillies, Robert A. (1990). "Person and experience: a study in the thought of Edgard Sheffield Brightman". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  8. ^ "Episcopal Church Elects New Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney". Christian Today. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  9. ^ Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney announces retirement. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Scottish Episcopal Church takes first step towards same sex marriage". Anglican Communion News Service. Anglican Communion Office. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
Scottish Episcopal Church titles
Preceded by
Randall George Lewis MacAlister
 Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
2004-2006 		Succeeded by
Kenneth William Rathband
Preceded by
Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney

2006-2016 		Succeeded by
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