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John Warren Gladwin (born 30 May 1942) is a retired Anglican bishop. From 2004 to 2009, he was the Bishop of Chelmsford in the Church of England. Official notification of appointment He stands in the open evangelical tradition.
From 1977 to 1982, Gladwin was director of the Shaftesbury Project on Christian Involvement in Society: the Shaftesbury Project was an "initiative by evangelical Christians to study their proper involvement in society and to provide a clear understanding of social action". He was secretary of the General Synod's Board for Social Responsibility from 1982 to 1988. He was made a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral in 1984. From 1988 to 1994, he was Provost of Sheffield, the senior priest of Sheffield Cathedral and the Diocese of Sheffield.
He was ordained a bishop in 1994,Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing and served as Bishop of Guildford from 1994 to 2004 when he was appointed to be Bishop of Chelmsford. Consecration details He was a member of the House of Lords from 1999 until his retirement in 2009. As the Bishop of Chelmsford, he sought to embrace the vast diversity of the second largest diocese in the Church of England. In late 2008 he announced that he would retire on 31 August 2009. Since 2010, he has held permission to officiate in the Diocese of St Albans.
On 11 February 2017, Gladwin was one of fourteen retired bishops to sign an open letter to the then-serving bishops of the Church of England. In an unprecedented move, they expressed their opposition to the House of Bishops' report to General Synod on sexuality, which recommended no change to the Church's canons or practises around sexuality. Retired Bishops' Letter — The Letter (Accessed 11 February 2017; the fourteen bishops were David Atkinson, Michael Doe, Tim Ellis, David Gillett, Gladwin, Laurie Green, Richard Harries, Stephen Lowe, Stephen Platten, John Pritchard, Peter Selby, Tim Stevens, Martin Wharton, and Roy Williamson.) By 13 February, a serving bishop (Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham) and nine further retired bishops had added their signatures; Retired Bishops' Letter — New Signatures (Accessed 17 February 2017; the nine bishops were Gordon Bates, Ian Brackley, John Davies, Peter Maurice, David Rossdale, John Saxbee, Martin Shaw, Oliver Simon, and David Stancliffe. on 15 February, the report was rejected by synod. The Guardian — Church of England in turmoil as synod rejects report on same-sex relationships (Accessed 17 February 2017)
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