Fr James Gilder

Rector of Wanstead and Area Dean of Redbridge

A Norfolk boy originally, Fr James read Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge.  Before ordination, he practised as a solicitor and a teacher, in Essex and east London.  He trained for the priesthood at Westcott House and spent his curacy at St Edmund’s, Chingford.  James, who has a long association with Kenya, served for several years as the Diocesan Environmental Officer and as a member of the Diocesan Advisory Committee.  He is a member of Diocesan Synod and the Diocesan Parsonages Board, and is a local Justice of the Peace.  In his spare time, James enjoys making music, D.I.Y., and sailing (badly).