Eric Wild Eric Wild (6 November 1914 – 10 August 1991) was Bishop of Reading from 1972 to 1982. Educated at Manchester Grammar School and Keble College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1938. His first post was as a Curate at St Anne, Liverpool. After World War II service with the RNVR his subsequent experience included incumbencies in Wigan and Hindley, Greater Manchester followed by posts as Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Peterborough and (his final post before appointment to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Berkshire. References Category:1914 births Category:People educated at Manchester Grammar School Category:Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Category:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Category:20th-century Anglican bishops Category:Bishops of Reading Category:Archdeacons of Berkshire Category:1991 deaths