Posted Tuesday 30 November 2010
The Rt Rev Dr John Mantle, who retired from the office of Bishop of Brechin on 16 October, died at home in Peterborough on Monday 29 November. He was 64. His funeral requiem will be at the Church of St Kyneburgha Castor near Peterborough at 11am on Tuesday 14th December, followed by committal at Peterborough Crematorium at 12.30 the same day. There there will be a memorial service in the Diocese of Brechin in the New Year.
The Most Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church says: “The community of the Scottish Episcopal Church has been deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bishop John Mantle. John was a child of the Scottish Episcopal Church and he returned to his native Dundee as Bishop of Brechin to share his faith, his passion for ministry and his experience with clergy and people.
“It is just a few short weeks since we celebrated that ministry at his Farewell Eucharist. John laid the foundation upon which others will build and we give thanks for the ministry which he so faithfully carried out among us.
“We hold in our prayers his wife, Gill, and his children Anna and Tim.
“Requiescat in pace”
Category: Bishops
