Gerald Fitzmaurice Colin (1913–1995) was the fourth

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in the

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Life

Educated at Mountjoy School and Trinity College, Dublin, Colin was

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in 1937. His first post was at St George's, Dublin, and after wartime service in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he became

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of St Lawrence's, Frodingham.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 From 1966 he was for 13 years one of the

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's two suffragan bishops, the other being the Bishop of Grantham. He was a proctor in the Convocation of the Church of England from 1960 to 1970. Until his death he continued to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Colin, Gerald Fitzmaurice 1913 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin People educated at Mount Temple Comprehensive School Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Bishops of Grimsby 1995 deaths 20th-century Church of England bishops