David Keith Gillett was born on 25 January 1945 and is a British Anglican bishop.
10 Facts About David Gillett
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David Gillett studied for a BA and an MPhil at Leeds University.
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David Gillett was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1968 and as a priest in 1969.
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David Gillett began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Watford.
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David Gillett then served an Incumbency at Lewsey in Luton.
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David Gillett was appointed Principal of Trinity College, Bristol in 1988.
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David Gillett then served as Bishop of Bolton, a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Manchester.
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David Gillett belongs to the Open Evangelical tradition of the Church of England.
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David Gillett is a patron of Accepting Evangelicals, a group that champions an "acceptance of faithful, loving same-sex partnerships at every level of church life, and the development of a positive Christian ethic for LGBT people".
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On 11 February 2017, David Gillett was one of fourteen retired bishops to sign an open letter to the then-serving bishops of the Church of England.