John Trillo

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend | name = John Trillo | honorific_suffix = | title = Bishop of Chelmsford | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | church = Church of England | province = | diocese = Diocese of Chelmsford | term = 1971 to 1985 | predecessor = John Tiarks | successor = John Waine | other_post = | previous_post = Bishop of Hertford (1968–1971) <br /> Bishop of Bedford (1963–1968)  | ordination = 1938 (deacon) <br /> 1939 (priest) | ordained_by = | consecration = 1963 | consecrated_by = | laicized =  | birth_name = Albert John Trillo | birth_date = 4 July 1915 | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2 August 1992|4 July 1915}} | death_place = Wenhaston, Suffolk, England | nationality =  | religion = Anglicanism | residence = | parents =  | spouse =  | children = | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = King's College, London }} '''Albert John Trillo''' (4 July 1915 – 2 August 1992) was a British Anglican bishop. He was involved in parish ministry, worked with the Student Christian Movement, and was a lecturer in theology. He was twice a suffragan bishop in the Church of England, Bishop of Bedford (1963–1968) and Bishop of Hertford (1968–1971), before serving as Bishop of Chelmsford from 1971 until his retirement in 1985.

==Biography== John Trillo (as he was generally known) grew up in Cricklewood, North London.<ref name="obit ind">{{Cite web |date=1992-08-05 |title=Obituary: The Right Rev John Trillo |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-the-right-rev-john-trillo-1538343.html |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> He was educated at the Quintin School, an all-boys state school in St John's Wood, North London.<ref name="WWW">{{cite web |title=Trillo, Rt Rev. (Albert) John, (4 July 1915–2 Aug. 1992) |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U175935 |website=Who Was Who |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=23 November 2024 |language=en |date=1 December 2007}}</ref> On leaving school he worked in the film industry, for British Lion.<ref name="obit ind" /> He obtained his degree as a part-time student at King's College, London, graduating with a first class honours Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree and the Associateship of King's College London (AKC) in 1938.<ref name="obit ind" /><ref name="WWW" />

Trillo was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1938 and as a priest in 1939.<ref name="Crockford">{{Crockford| surname = Trillo | forenames = Albert John | id = 34430 | accessed = 23 November 2024}}</ref> He was a curate at Christ Church, Fulham before becoming the priest in charge of St Michael's, Cricklewood. From 1945 he worked for the Student Christian Movement, pioneering its work in Yorkshire grammar schools and becoming its secretary. From 1950-1955 he was rector of Friern Barnet and a lecturer in divinity at King's College, London. In 1955, he was appointed the principal of Bishop's College, Cheshunt, and remained there until his consecration to the episcopate.<ref name="obit ind" /><ref name="WWW" />

In 1963, Trillo was consecrated a bishop and appointed the Bishop of Bedford, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of St Albans.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120713020206/http://www.stalbans.anglican.org/content/download/318/2491/file/Section%20A.pdf History of post]</ref> He became the Bishop of Hertford in 1968 and the Bishop of Chelmsford in 1971.<ref>''Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref><ref>''Bishop to retire'', The Times, 31 January 1985; p. 12; issue 62050; column B</ref> In retirement he continued to serve as an assistant bishop for a further seven years.

Trillo died on 2 August 1992, in Wenhaston, Suffolk.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100525024412/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3260623.ece The Times Online profile]</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-rel|en}} {{succession box | before = Basil Tudor Guy | title = Bishop of Bedford | years = 1963–1968 | after = John Tyrrell Holmes Hare }} {{succession box | before = Inaugural appointment | title = Bishop of Hertford | years = 1968–1971 | after = Hubert Victor Whitsey }} {{succession box | before = John Gerhard Tiarks | title = Bishop of Chelmsford | years = 1971–1985 | after = John Waine }} {{end}}

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