About William Gilpin
Lived 1902 – 1988 (aged 85). William Gilpin was an English anglican priest.
William Percy Gilpin (26 July 1902 – 4 January 1988) was a long serving Bishop of Kingston, Kingston-upon-Thames, England.
Gilpin was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1925, and was successively a curate in Solihull; chaplain of Chichester Theological College; Vicar of Manaccan, then Penzance; Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Gloucester; and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) the Archdeacon of Southwark. He retired to Ludlow, Shropshire, in 1970.
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Who was William Gilpin?
Anglican bishop (1902-1988)
When was William Gilpin born?
William Gilpin was born on 26 July 1902.
When did William Gilpin die?
William Gilpin died on 4 January 1988.
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William Gilpin was an anglican priest.
What nationality was William Gilpin?
William Gilpin was English.
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· DBpedia: William Gilpin (bishop)
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