About Michael Gear
Lived 1934 – 2018 (aged 83). Michael Gear was a vicar and anglican priest.
Michael Frederick Gear (27 November 1934 – 26 January 2018) was Suffragan Bishop of Doncaster.
Gear was educated at St John's College, Durham. Ordained in 1961, he began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Bexleyheath was then Vicar of St Andrew, Clubmore, Liverpool; Rector of Avondale, Harare; Rural Dean of Macclesfield; and finally, before his elevation to the episcopate, Archdeacon of Chester. Since retiring to Maidstone Bishop Michael continued to serve the church as an assistant bishop within Canterbury diocese and a trustee of a charity for Zimbabwean street children.
He died on 26 January 2018 at the age of 83.
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Bishop of Doncaster
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Michael Gear was born on 27 November 1934.
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Michael Gear died on 26 January 2018.
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Michael Gear was a vicar and anglican priest.
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