Patrick Glover

(Elistan) Patrick Glover (born 1 February 1944) was the Bishop of Bloemfontein (from 2003, styled 'of the Free State'), from 1997 until his retirement in 2012.[1]

He was educated at Keble College, Oxford,[2] and ordained in 1969.[3] He began his career with curacies at St Peter’s Church, Krugersdorp, and St Martin’s-in-Veld, Johannesburg. After this he was rector of St Catherine’s, Johannesburg, and then of St George’s, in the same city, before becoming dean of Bloemfontein in 1987. In 1994 he became a suffragan bishop and three years later a diocesan.

Awards

Appointed as chaplain to the Venerable Order of St. John.[4]

References
  1. Anglican Communion
  2. Who's Who London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7]
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. "No. 53643". The London Gazette. 15 April 1994. p. 5667.
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