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	'''John Wilson Gladstone''' (born 25 December 1945) was the Moderator of the [[Church of South India]]<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/communion/primates/biog/details.cfm?ID=6939 Anglican Communion: Primates of the Anglican Communion]</ref> as well as Bishop of South Kerala.<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=503&view=alpha Anglican Communion, Provincial Directory: South Kerala]</ref>		'''John Wilson Gladstone''' (born 25 December 1945) was the Moderator of the [[Church of South India]]<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/communion/primates/biog/details.cfm?ID=6939 Anglican Communion: Primates of the Anglican Communion]</ref> as well as Bishop of South Kerala.<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=503&view=alpha Anglican Communion, Provincial Directory: South Kerala]</ref>

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| name = John Wilson Gladstone
| title = Bishop in South Kerala
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| see = [[Church of South India]]
| term = 1997–2010
| predecessor = Rev. Dr. Samuel Amirtham
| successor = Rev. A. Dharmaraj Rasalam

| ordination = 20 July 1975
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| consecration = 16 September 1997
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| birth_date = 25 December 1945
| birth_place = [[Neyyattinkara]], [[Travancore]]
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| previous_post = Professor of Church History, [[Kerala United Theological Seminary]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
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'''John Wilson Gladstone''' (born 25 December 1945) was the Moderator of the [[Church of South India]]<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/communion/primates/biog/details.cfm?ID=6939 Anglican Communion: Primates of the Anglican Communion]</ref> as well as Bishop of South Kerala.<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=503&view=alpha Anglican Communion, Provincial Directory: South Kerala]</ref>

==Early years==
Rev. Dr. Gladstone was born on 25 December 1945 in [[Travancore]].<ref name="Stewart">Prof. J. M. Stewart in Profile of the Bishop in Mateer Memorial Church, [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala [http://mateermemorialchurch.com/our_bishop.htm]</ref> into a pastoral family. His father, Rev. J. Wilson, was a Pastor of the [[Church of South India|CSI]]<ref name="Canterbury">Canterbury Christ Church University, Biographies of new Honorary Fellows {{cite web|url=http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/newsRelease.asp?newsPk%3D1029 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-04-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720143151/http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/newsRelease.asp?newsPk=1029 |archivedate=20 July 2011 }}</ref>

He had an inclination towards priesthood and after his schooling pursued bachelor's and master's degrees in economics<ref name="Canterbury" /> in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].

==Divinity and higher studies==
In 1969, Rev. Dr. Gladstone joined the [[United Theological College (Bangalore)|United Theological College]] [UTC, [[Bangalore]] – ''the only autonomous college under the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Senate of Serampore College]]''] where he received a [[Bachelor of Divinity]] degree.<ref name="Canterbury" />
After finishing his studies in divinity in 1972 he again enrolled at UTC where, in 1975, he obtained a [[Master of Theology]] degree in the discipline of [[church history]].<ref name="Canterbury" />

==Ordination and lecturership==
After returning from Bangalore, Rev. Dr. Gladstone was ordained as a priest of the Diocese of South Kerala of the Church of South India on 20 July 1975.<ref name="Stewart" />

The diocese designated him as Youth Pastor<ref name="Canterbury" /> and thereafter, Gladstone was assigned a teaching task at the [[Kerala United Theological Seminary]],<ref>Senate of Serampore College, Graduate and Post-graduate colleges affiliated [http://www.senateofseramporecollege.org/affiliation/graduate.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420122623/http://senateofseramporecollege.org/affiliation/graduate.htm |date=20 April 2008 }}</ref> ''[KUTS – affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College]'' Thiruvananthapuram.

==Research studies==
Later in the year 1978,<ref name="Canterbury" /> Rev. Dr. Gladstone took study leave from KUTS and proceeded to the [[University of Hamburg]] in Germany for research studies in church history.

In 1983,<ref name="Canterbury" /> the University of Hamburg awarded him a [[Doctorate of Theology]] degree ''[[magna cum laude]]''. His doctoral thesis was entitled ''Protestant Christianity and People's Movements in Kerala, 1850–1936'' which was later published by the KUTS, Thiruvananthapuram in 1984.<ref>Cited in Susan Billington Harper's ''The Shadow of the Mahatma: Bishop V. S. Azaraiah and the travails of Christianity in British India'', Eerdmans and Curzon Press, p. 182, [https://books.google.com/books?id=cecLBU_oRTcC&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=gladstone+protestant+christianity+and+peoples+movements&source=web&ots=cS6jbHKqy1&sig=cWmHeKWvToStsAqsqEWqaJwKnhc&hl=en#PPA182,M1]</ref>

==Return to KUTS==
Subsequently, Rev. Dr. Gladstone returned to Thiruvananthapuram to resume his teaching responsibilities. In 1991 he became Principal of the KUTS, Thiruvananthapuram.<ref name="Stewart" />

==Works==

===Church historian===
Rev. Dr. Gladstone is a member of the [[Church History Association of India]] (CHAI), a body of church historians and has published more than 100 articles.<ref name="Stewart" />

===Senate responsibilities===
Rev. Dr. Gladstone served as the President of the Senate of Serampore College, India's first university, from 2000 to 2005<ref>Senate of Serampore College (University), Presidents and Convenors of the Senate [http://www.senateofseramporecollege.org/fame/senate.htm]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Bishopric==
On 16 September 1997, Rev. Dr. Gladstone was consecrated as the Bishop in South Kerala.<ref name="Stewart" />

==Moderatorship==
During the XXXI session of the synod of the CSI held in Visakhapatnam from 11–14 January 2008, Rev. Dr. Gladstone was elected as the Moderator of the CSI for a biennium.<ref>Asia Pacific Ecumenical News, 20 May 2008, Indian Protestant Church elects new Moderator. Internet, accessed 20 May 2008 [http://apenews.org/newsread.asp?nid=106] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811143901/http://apenews.org/newsread.asp?nid=106 |date=11 August 2011 }}</ref> He succeeded the Most Reverend [[B. P. Sugandhar]] ([[Bishop-in-Medak]]).

==Memberships and honours==

===Memberships===
* [[Church History Association of India]]

===Honours===
In 2005, Rev. Vinod Victor and Rev. Gideon Sobhanam brought out a [[festschrift]] in honour of Gladstone entitled ''Shepherd of a Pilgrim People: Essays in Honour of Bishop J. W. Gladstone''<ref>Vinod Victor, Gideon Sobhanam, ''et al.'', Shepherd of a Pilgrim People: Essays in Honour of Bishop J. W. Gladstone, Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi, 2005. [https://books.google.com/books?id=mKfDAAAACAAJ&dq]</ref>''

In 2008 [[Canterbury Christ Church University]], (established in 1962 by the [[Church of England]] with degree granting authority), admitted Rev. Dr. Gladstone to its honorary fellowship at Canterbury Cathedral on 1 February.<ref name="Canterbury" />

==References==
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