Gerald Colin

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Gerald Fitzmaurice Colin (1913–1995) was the fourth Bishop of Grimsby in the Church of England.

Life

Educated at Mountjoy School and Trinity College, Dublin,"Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} Colin was ordained in 1937. His first post was at St George's, Dublin,{{cite web |url=http://www.bellringingireland.org/East/Georges.html |title=Details of former church |access-date=29 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511235650/http://www.bellringingireland.org/East/Georges.html |archive-date=11 May 2008 |url-status=dead }} and after wartime service in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he became vicar of St Lawrence's, Frodingham.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} From 1966 he was for 13 years one of the Bishop of Lincoln'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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Category:1913 births

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Category:People educated at Mount Temple Comprehensive School

Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II

Category:Bishops of Grimsby

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Category:20th-century Church of England bishops