An evangelist and former actor, who is currently the rector of an central London church, has been elected as the new Bishop of Riverina.
63 year old the Rev Alan Robert (Rob) Gillion, is Rector of Holy Trinity, Sloane Square, and St Saviour, Upper Chelsea, in the Diocese of London.
He is a member of the Archbishops’ (of Canterbury and York) College of Evangelists and a contributor and advisor to the BBC for religious broadcasts, taking part in radio programmes such as ‘Pause for Thought’ .
The new bishop-elect trained as an actor at the University of London and worked an actor and theatre director for 12 years before entering the ministry.