Martin Gainsborough

Jonathan Martin Gainsborough (born 1966) is a British Anglican bishop. Since February 2023, he has served as the Bishop of Kingston, an area bishop in the Diocese of Southwark.

Early life and education
Gainsborough was born in 1966. He was educated at Dulwich College, an all-boys independent school in London. He studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1991, a Master of Science (MSc) degree in 1995, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2001.

Academic career
Following his doctorate, he was a British Academy postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies of the University of Warwick from 2001 to 2003. He was then a lecturer in Southeast Asian politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, before moving to the University of Bristol as a lecturer in development politics in 2005. He was promoted to reader in 2008, and was made Professor of Development Politics in 2012.

Ordained ministry
Having trained on the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme, Gainsborough was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2010 and as a priest in 2011. He served his curacy at St Luke's Church, Barton Hill in the Diocese of Bristol from 2010 to 2013, and then served as its priest-in-charge from 2013 to 2016. After that he was canon theologian at Bristol Cathedral from 2016 until 2018, and then as Bishop's Chaplain to the Bishop of Bristol until his appointment to the episcopate.

On 16 December 2022, it was announced that Gainsborough would become the next Bishop of Kingston. He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 2023 by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service at Canterbury Cathedral.