Robert A. Gillies

Styles of
Robert Gillies
Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style My Lord or Bishop

Robert Arthur "Bob" Gillies (born 1951) is the current Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney[1] and a published author.[2]

Born on 21 October 1951, he was educated at the University of Edinburgh.[3][4] After an earlier career as a Medical Laboratory Technician, he was ordained a deacon in 1977 and a priest in 1978.[3][5] He served curacies at Christ Church, Falkirk and Christ Church, Morningside, Edinburgh.[3] He was a Chaplain at the University of Dundee from 1984 to 1990.[3] After this he was Rector of St Andrews Episcopal Church, St Andrews[3] until 2006 when he became Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. The following year, he was elected bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney and consecrated at St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen on 23 September 2007.[1] On 3 May 2016, it was announced, that Gillies would retire from his position as diocesan bishop on 31 October 2016. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 The Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Amongst others he has written "A Way for Healing", 1995; "Informing Faith", 1996; "Healing Broader and Deeper", 1998; "New Language of Faith", 2001; "Where Earth and Heaven Meet", 2005; and "Sounds Before the Cross", 2007. British Library web site accessed 18:21 GMT, Wednesday, 9 November, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Bertie, David M. (2000). Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. p. 269. ISBN 0567087468.
  4. ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  5. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  6. ↑ Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney announces retirement. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
Scottish Episcopal Church titles
Preceded by
Randall George Lewis MacAlister		 Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
2006–2007 		Succeeded by
Kenneth William Rathband
Preceded by
Andrew Bruce Cameron		 Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
2007–present 		Incumbent


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