The Right Reverend

R. Charles "Chuck" Gillin
Bishop of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
ChurchAnglican Church in North America
Reformed Episcopal Church
DioceseREC Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
In office2019–present
PredecessorDavid L. Hicks
Orders
ConsecrationSeptember 29, 2012
by Leonard W. Riches
Personal details
Born1951 (age 71–72)
Philadelphia

Raymond Charles Gillin (born 1951) is an American Anglican bishop currently serving as 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.[1]

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.[1]

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.[2] In 2019, upon Hicks' retirement, Gillin was elected to succeed him as bishop ordinary.[1]

In 2022, Gillin announced that he would retire by 2025.[3] The diocese called for the election of a bishop coadjutor, and in November 2022, William A. Jenkins Sr. was elected.[4]

Personal life

Gillin is married to Jan, and they live in Marlton, New Jersey. The Gillins have two adult children and four grandchildren.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bishop Gillin". Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Consecrations of Bishops" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 209. 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "NEMA Update". Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. September 23, 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "NEMA Update". Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. November 11, 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.


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