Gaisford was educated at
Durham University, made a
deacon at
Michaelmas 1960 (25 September) and
ordained a
priest the Michaelmas following (24 September 1961) — both times by
William Greer,
Bishop of Manchester, at
Manchester Cathedral — and began his ordained ministry with a
curacy at St Hilda's
Audenshaw. from 1960 to 1962. Following this he was curate at St Michael and All Angels in Bramhall, Cheshire until 1965 when he became vicar of St Andrew's
Crewe and was
Rural Dean of
Nantwich from 1974 until 1985 and then
Archdeacon of Macclesfield until 1994. He was consecrated a bishop on 7 March 1994, by
John Habgood,
Archbishop of York, at
York Minster; and retired in 2000. Gaisford died on 4 January 2026, aged 91. ==References==