- John Mantle
The Rev Dr John Mantle is the Bishop of Brechin in the
Scottish Episcopal Church .Life
John Ambrose Cyril Mantle was ordained in Scotland and served as a priest in both the
Scottish Episcopal Church and theChurch of England . He was the Archbishops’ Adviser for Bishops’ Ministry in the Church of England for a number of years before his election to the bishopric. In 1998, he completed hisPh.D. with theUniversity of Leeds , writing a dissertation on British worker-priests in the early 1950's and 60's (later published by SCM). [ [http://copac.ac.uk/wzgw?id=070429a4fb270418f6e0dff6f706b1c5237676&f=u&rsn=1&rn=5 Library catalogue record of PhD thesis] ,Copac ]He was consecrated Bishop of Brechin on Saturday,
October 8 ,2005 , aged 59.His father was a priest for many years in both Dundee and Aberdeen. John Mantle is married to Gill Mantle, they have two children Anna and Tim. [ [http://www.scotland.anglican.org/archives/2005/10/06/church-and-civic-leaders-gather-in-dundee-for-consecration-of-new-bishop-of-brechin Diocesan website announcement] ]
Notes
Books
Mantle, John (1999). "Britain's First Worker-Priests: Radical Ministry in a Post-War Setting." London: SCM. ISBN 0334027985.
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