David Bentley (bishop of Gloucester)
{{Short description|English Anglican bishop (1935–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = The Rt Revd
| name = David Bentley
| honorific-suffix =
| title = Bishop of Gloucester
| diocese = Diocese of Gloucester
| enthroned = 1993
| term_end = 2003 (retirement)
| predecessor = Peter Ball
| successor = Michael Perham
| other_post = Bishop of Lynn (1986–1993)
| ordination = 1961
| consecration = July 1986[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/vo000712/text/00712-01.htm Lords Hansard, 12 Jul 2000 : Column 222] (Retrieved 26 April 2015)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|8|7|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|3|4|1935|8|7|df=y}}
| religion = Anglican
| spouse = Clarice Bentley
| children = Katharine Gorick, Simon Bentley, Rachel Harrison, Matthew Bentley
|alma_mater = University 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
Bentley was educated at Great Yarmouth Grammar School and the University of Leeds. He studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge.Debrett's People of Today: (1992, London, Debrett's) {{ISBN|1-870520-09-2}}
Ordained ministry
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;{{Cite web |url=http://www.holytrinityguildford.org.uk/Index-frameset.htm |title=Church website |access-date=15 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213084645/http://www.holytrinityguildford.org.uk/Index-frameset.htm |archive-date=13 February 2012 |url-status=dead }} after which he was rector of Headley, East Hampshire,Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76, London: Oxford University Press, 1976, {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} Rural Dean of Esher and (his final position before ordination to the episcopate) Warden of the Community of All Hallows, Ditchingham.Who's Who 1992, London, A & C Black, 1991, {{ISBN|0-7136-3514-2}}.
He was consecrated as a bishop on 22 July 1986, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = picture caption | archive = 1986_08_01_002 | issue = 6442 | date = 1 August 1986 | page = 2 | accessed = 1 June 2019 }} 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.Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, London, 16 March 2020
He died on 4 March 2020 at the age of 84.[https://epaper.thetimes.com/app/THE343 Bentley]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds
Category:Alumni of Westcott House, Cambridge
Category:Bishops of Gloucester
Category:20th-century Church of England bishops
Category:21st-century Church of England bishops
Category:People educated at Great Yarmouth Grammar School
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