Education
Gear was educated at Street John"s College, Durham.
Gear was educated at Street John"s College, Durham.
Ordained in 1961, he began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Bexleyheath was then Vicar of Street Andrew, Clubmore, Liverpool. Rector of Avondale, Harare. Rural Dean of Macclesfield.
And finally, before his elevation to the Episcopate, Archdeacon of Chester.
Since retiring to Maidstone Bishop Michael continues to serve the church as an Assistant Bishop within Canterbury diocese and a trustee of a charity for Zimbabwean street children.