David Bentley (bishop of Gloucester)


David Bentley
Bishop of Gloucester
DioceseDiocese of Gloucester
Installed1993
Term ended2003 (retirement)
PredecessorPeter Ball
SuccessorMichael Perham
Other post(s)Bishop of Lynn (1986–1993)
Orders
Ordination1961
ConsecrationJuly 1986[1]
Personal details
Born(1935-08-07)7 August 1935
Died4 March 2020(2020-03-04) (aged 84)
DenominationAnglican
SpouseClarice Bentley
ChildrenKatharine Gorick, Simon Bentley, Rachel Harrison, Matthew Bentley
Alma materUniversity of Leeds

David Edward Bentley (7 August 1935 – 4 March 2020) was an English bishop. He was first the Bishop of Lynn and, subsequently, the Bishop of Gloucester in the Church of England.

Early life and education

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Bentley was educated at Great Yarmouth Grammar School and the University of Leeds. He studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge.[2]

Ordained ministry

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Bentley was ordained in 1961. He began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Ambrose's Bristol and Holy Trinity with St Mary in Guildford;[3] after which he was rector of Headley, East Hampshire,[4] Rural Dean of Esher and (his final position before ordination to the episcopate) Warden of the Community of All Hallows, Ditchingham.[5]

He was consecrated as a bishop on 22 July 1986, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral.[6] On retirement he moved to Lichfield where he was an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Lichfield. His two sons in law are Suffragan Bishops.[7]

He died on 4 March 2020 at the age of 84.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Lords Hansard, 12 Jul 2000 : Column 222 (Retrieved 26 April 2015)
  2. ^ Debrett's People of Today: (1992, London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2
  3. ^ "Church website". Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76, London: Oxford University Press, 1976, ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ^ Who's Who 1992, London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3514-2.
  6. ^ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 6442. 1 August 1986. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, London, 16 March 2020
  8. ^ Bentley
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Lynn
1986–1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Gloucester
1993–2003
Succeeded by