John Gibbs (bishop)

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John Gibbs (15 March 1917 – 20 December 2007) was an

Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Coventry in the Church of England from 1976 until 1985. He was the first Church of England bishop in modern times to have started his ministry in the nonconformist tradition.[1]

Born in Heywood, Lancashire in 1917, he left school to begin work before entering Western College, Bristol[2] for training as a Congregational Minister. He was ordained in 1943, the year of his marriage, and served as minister of Sarisbury Green Congregational Church, Hampshire, and Garstang Road Congregational Church, Preston, Lancashire.

The turning point in his career came in 1949 when he joined the

honorary canon of Norwich Cathedral and in 1973 he was appointed suffragan Bishop of Bradwell in Essex.[10] He was consecrated a bishop on 19 June 1973 at Westminster Abbey.[11] Three years later he replaced the more flamboyant Cuthbert Bardsley as Bishop of Coventry, eventually serving for nine years.[12]

One of his proudest achievements was founding

Stroud, Gloucestershire[13]
he was a leading figure in helping to start the Cotswold Care Hospice. In July 2006, while visiting his daughter near Cambridge he became completely paralysed from mid chest downwards. He found a new home in the Hope Nursing Home in Cambridge where he died on 20 December 2007 aged 90.

Styles

  • The Reverend John Gibbs (1943–1968)
  • The Reverend
    Canon
    John Gibbs (1968–1973)
  • The
    Right Reverend
     John Gibbs (1973–2007)

References

  1. ^ John Gibbs The Daily Telegraph Obituary, 31 December 2007 Issue no 47,454
  2. ^ National Archives
  3. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 9 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 9 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ISBN 0-7136-1140-5
  6. ^ College Web-Site Archived 2007-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ISBN 0-19-200010-1
  8. ISBN 0-85244-300-5
  9. ISBN 1-873576-14-5
  10. ^ Diocese of Chelmsford, suffragan bishopric of Bradwell, Essex Who's Who (Ibid)
  11. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 9 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  12. ^ Bishop to retire (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Thursday, 24 January 1985; p. 14; Issue 62044; col A
  13. ISBN 1-870520-09-2
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Bradwell
1973–1976 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Coventry
1976–1985 		Succeeded by
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