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John Scott Gaisford (born 7 October 1934) was the second Bishop of Beverley appointed by the Archbishop of York to be a provincial episcopal visitor (flying bishop) when the Church of England began ordaining women as priests.Gaisford was educated at Durham University ordained in 1961 and began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Hilda’s Audenshaw. from 1960 to 1962.