Michael Gear (bishop)

Michael Frederick Gear (27 November 1934 – 26 January 2018) was Suffragan Bishop of Doncaster.^[1]

The Rt Revd Michael Gear BA DipTh
Bishop of Doncaster
Diocese	Diocese of Sheffield
In office	1993–1999
Predecessor	William Persson
Successor	Cyril Ashton
Other post(s)	Honorary assistant bishop in Canterbury (2000–2018) and in Rochester (1999–2018)
Orders
Ordination	1961 (deacon); c. 1962 (priest)
Consecration	1993
Personal details
Born	(1934-11-27)27 November 1934
Died	26 January 2018(2018-01-26) (aged 83)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Frederick & Lillian
Spouse	Daphne Earl (m. 1961)
Children	2 daughters
Alma mater	St John's College, Durham

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Gear was educated at St John's College, Durham.^[2] Ordained in 1961,^[3] he began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Bexleyheath^[4] was then Vicar of St Andrew, Clubmore, Liverpool; Rector of Avondale, Harare; Rural Dean of Macclesfield; and finally, before his elevation to the episcopate, Archdeacon of Chester. Since retiring to Maidstone Bishop Michael continued to serve the church as an assistant bishop within Canterbury diocese and a trustee of a charity for Zimbabwean street children.^[5]

He died on 26 January 2018 at the age of 83.^[6]