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Alan Robert Gillion (born 7 September 1951) is a British Anglican bishop and former actor. From 2014 to 2018 he was the Bishop of Riverina in the
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; since 2020, he has been a parish priest in Streatham, South
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.


Early life

Gillion was born in
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to clergy parents and was educated at
Norwich School Norwich School (formally King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich) is a selective English independent day school in the close of Norwich Cathedral, Norwich. Among the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, it has a traceable history to 1096 as a ...
. He trained in acting at the
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and then worked as an actor and theatre director for 12 years, participating in a variety of stage shows including cabaret, repertory and Shakespeare productions, prior to retraining for ministry at the age of 32.


Ordained ministry

Gillion trained for ministry at
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and was
ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform ...
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: made deacon at Petertide 1983 (26 June) and ordained priest the following Petertide (1 July 1984) — both times by
Maurice Wood Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood, (26 August 1916 – 24 June 2007) was an Anglican bishop in the Evangelicalism, Evangelical tradition. He was a Royal Navy commando chaplain in World War II and later the Bishop of Norwich. Early life and education ...
,
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, at
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. His early ministry saw him serve in the
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and then the
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, where, as parish priest at
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he voluntarily spent a week incarcerated at Shek Pik Prison to better understand his ministry as chaplain to the prisoners, who nicknamed him Father Robbery. He was also the diocese's head of religious broadcasting. He returned to London in 1998, where he served first as the evangelism officer for the
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, then as rector of
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, and St Saviour, Upper
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. During his time in London, Gillion was a regular contributor to the
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's '' Pause for Thought'' program, and also served as chaplain at Harrods.


Episcopal ministry

In April 2014, Gillion was elected Bishop of Riverina in the
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in the
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after a representative of the diocese saw him preach at
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(which was the only time he had ever preached there). He was consecrated and enthroned on 15 August 2014 at St Alban's Cathedral,
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. In working in Australia, Gillion followed in the footsteps of his grandfather who had worked as a priest in Broome and
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in
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during the 1920s. During his time as Bishop of Riverina, Gillion performed a one-man stage show about faith to raise funds for a youth theatre project in the diocese. He also called on denominational churches to combine in disadvantaged rural areas to improve ministry resources. Gillion served as bishop from 15 August 2014 until resigning effective 21 July 2018.


Return to England

After his resignation Gillion returned to the United Kingdom and in March 2019 he was appointed as an
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in the Diocese of Lincoln and interim priest-in-charge of St John the Baptist Spalding, for an 18-month term. On 19 August 2020, Gillion was licensed as priest-in-charge of Christ Church Streatham and an honorary assistant bishop in the
Diocese of Southwark The Diocese of Southwark is one of the 42 dioceses of the Church of England, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The diocese forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. It was created on 1 May 1905 from part of the ancient Dio ...
; on 10 September he was commissioned as Associate Bishop for the Arts (in that diocese); and in 2021, the legal status of his parish post (but not the nature of the role) was changed to vicar.


Personal life

Gillion is married to Janine and has two sons, one of whom is the marketing manager for the Australian Grand Prix.


References

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