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'''Charles Hope Gill''' was [[Anglican Bishop of Travancore and Cochin|Bishop of Travancore and Cochin]] from 1905 to 1924.<ref>[http://anglicanhistory.org/india/chatterton1924/20.html Project Canterbury]</ref>

Gill was born into an ecclesiastical family <ref>He was the son of William Gill, sometime [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Hertingfordbury]]  - "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> on 11 February 1861 and educated at [[St Edmund's School|St Edmund's School in Canterbury]], [[King William's College|King William's College on the Isle of Man]] and [[Queens' College, Cambridge]]. He was [[ordained]] in 1865 <ref>''Ordinations.'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Tuesday,  2 June 1885; pg. 12; Issue 31462</ref> and began his career as a [[curate]] at St Peter's, [[Tynemouth]].<ref>{{cite book | last=[[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] | first=| author-link= | title= [[Crockford's Clerical Directory]][[1920| for 1920 (51st edn)]] | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=1518| year=1920 | isbn=}}</ref> Later he was a [[Church Mission Society|CMS]] [[Missionary]] at [[Shikarpur, Muzaffarnagar|Shikarpur]] and then  [[Jabalpur]]. From 1898 until his consecration to the [[episcopate]] he was [[Church Mission Society|its]] [[Secretary]] in [[India]].<ref>"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900</ref>

He was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 1905 by [[Randall Davidson]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], at [[Westminster Abbey]];<ref>{{Church Times | title = Consecration of bishops | archive = 1905_10_20_462 | issue = 2230 | date = 20 October 1905 | page = 462 | accessed = 19 September 2019 }}</ref> to serve as the third diocesan Bishop of Travancore & Cochin. On his return to [[Europe]] he was [[Vicar]] of [[Gerrard's Cross]] and then [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Chaplain]] at [[Hyères]]. He died on 29 June 1946.<ref>''Bishop C. Hope Gill.'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Monday,  1 Jul 1946; pg. 7; Issue 50491</ref>

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