Chuck Gillin
{{short description|American Anglican bishop}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = R. Charles "Chuck" Gillin
| title = Bishop of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
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| church = Anglican Church in North America
Reformed Episcopal Church
| archdiocese =
| diocese = REC Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
| see =
| term = 2019–2025
| predecessor = David L. Hicks
| successor = William A. Jenkins Sr.
| ordination =
| consecration = September 29, 2012
| consecrated_by = Leonard W. Riches
| rank =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1951}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia
| death_date =
| death_place =
}}
Raymond Charles Gillin (born 1951) is an American Anglican bishop. He was the 12th bishop ordinary of the Reformed Episcopal Church's Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic (NEMA).
Biography
Gillin was born in Philadelphia and raised in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Susquehanna University and received an M.Div. from Reformed Episcopal Seminary.{{cite web |title=Bishop Gillin |url=https://www.rec-nema.org/copy-of-our-beliefs |website=Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |access-date=17 November 2022}}
He served for 24 years as rector of Grace Reformed Episcopal Church in Collingdale, Pennsylvania, as well as interim rector of St. Mark’s Reformed Episcopal Church in Rydal, Pennsylvania. Gillin was canon to the ordinary under NEMA bishops Leonard W. Riches and David L. Hicks.
On September 29, 2012, Gillin was consecrated as NEMA's bishop suffragan at the Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement in Philadelphia by REC Presiding Bishop Riches. Co-consecrators were Hicks, Royal U. Grote Jr., Daniel Morse and Richard Lipka.{{cite journal |title=Consecrations of Bishops |journal=Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church |year=2017 |page=209 |url=http://www.rechurch.org/documents/GCJournals/GCREC55.pdf |access-date=16 November 2022}} In 2019, upon Hicks' retirement, Gillin was elected to succeed him as bishop ordinary.
In 2022, Gillin announced that he would retire by 2025.{{cite news |title=NEMA Update |url=https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=f1d05132ba87cd09ed6ca3292&id=42f6040872 |access-date=17 November 2022 |publisher=Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |date=September 23, 2022}} The diocese called for the election of a bishop coadjutor, and in November 2022, William A. Jenkins Sr. was elected.{{cite news |title=NEMA Update |url=https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=f1d05132ba87cd09ed6ca3292&id=4716f02718 |access-date=17 November 2022 |publisher=Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |date=November 11, 2022}} Jenkins succeeded Gillin as bishop ordinary on January 2, 2025.{{cite web |title=Year-End Bishop's Letters |url=https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=f1d05132ba87cd09ed6ca3292&id=a85a33a18d |publisher=Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |access-date=2 January 2025 |date=December 30, 2024}}
Personal life
Gillin is married to Jan, and they live in Marlton, New Jersey. The Gillins have two adult children and four grandchildren.
References
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External links
- [https://www.rec-nema.org/copy-of-our-beliefs NEMA profile]
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Category:Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America
Category:21st-century Anglican bishops in the United States
Category:Bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church
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