Eric Wild

This article is about the Anglican bishop. For the Canadian conductor and composer, see Eric Wild (conductor).

Eric Wild (6 November 1914 – 10 August 1991)^[1] was Bishop of Reading from 1972^[2] to 1982.

Educated at Manchester Grammar School and Keble College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1938. His first post was as a Curate at St Anne, Liverpool.^[3] After World War II service with the RNVR his subsequent experience included incumbencies in Wigan and Hindley, Greater Manchester^[1] followed by posts as Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Peterborough and (his final post before appointment to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Berkshire.^[4]

References

1 2 Wild, Eric. Who Was Who. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
↑ D-day chaplain to be new Reading bishop The Times Wednesday, 12 January 1972; pg. 3; Issue 58373; col B
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-776 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ Archdeacons of Berkshire

Church of England titles
Preceded by Eric Knell	Archdeacon of Berkshire 1968–1972	Succeeded by Raymond Birt
Preceded by Eric Knell	Bishop of Reading 1972–1982	Succeeded by Graham Foley

Archdeacons of Berkshire

High Medieval	Roger Geoffrey de Vernun Alberic Geoffrey William of Merton Clement William de Raley Giles of Bridport William Walter Scammel Stephen of Newbury William de Berges

Late Medieval	Richard de Bello Tydo de Varesio Gilbert de Stapleton Robert de Ayleston Edmund de la Beche Thomas Paxton John Harewell Guillaume Cardinal d'Aigrefeuille Thomas Yokflete papal grants: Andrea Cardinal Bontempi Martini Christopher Cardinal Marini Walter Cook royal grants: John Southam Walter Cook Ralph Repyngton John Wynwyk John Southam Thomas Southam John Fraunceys Simon Sydenham Walter Medford Peter de Alcobasso Thomas Brunce John Castell Alexander Sparrow John Norton Richard Ewen Robert Stillington John Russell John Morton Richard Martyn Oliver King Stephen Bereworth Christopher Twineho Stephen Bereworth (again) William Grey Robert Audley

Early modern	John Crayford William Pye Thomas White Martin Culpepper, Dean of Chichester Leonel Sharp Edward Davenant John Ryves Peter Mews John Sharp William Richards Jonas Proast Richard West Edward Talbot Martin Benson Samuel Knight John Spry William Dodwell Arthur Onslow John Fisher Edward Berens Leslie Randall

Late modern	Alfred Pott William Ducat Richard Wickham Legg Arthur Parham, Bishop of Reading Eric Knell, Bishop of Reading Eric Wild, Bishop of Reading Raymond Birt John Brown David Griffiths Mike Hill Norman Russell Olivia Graham

Bishops of Reading

Leslie Randall Arthur Parham Eric Knell Eric Wild Graham Foley John Bone Dominic Walker Stephen Cottrell Andrew Proud

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