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

Gear was educated at St John's College, Durham. Ordained in 1961, he began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Bexleyheath 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.

Michael Gear (bishop)

He died on 26 January 2018 at the age of 83.

Michael Gear (bishop)

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1934 births

2018 deaths

Alumni of St John's College, Durham

20th-century Church of England bishops

Archdeacons of Chester

Bishops of Doncaster

Alumni of Cranmer Hall, Durham

Michael Gear (bishop)