Geoff Johnston

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Geoffrey Stanley Johnston (called Geoff; born 7 November 1944) is a retired Church of England priest serving as Archdeacon of Gibraltar, in the Diocese in Europe.

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Education and training

Born in 1944, Johnston entered Kelham Theological College in 1964, beginning to train for the priesthood at age 20. He has since gained a Certificate in Education (CertEd) from Birmingham University in 1978 and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Aston University in 1981. [1]

Ministry

He was ordained in the Church of England: made a deacon in Advent 1968 (22 December) by Richard Clitherow, Bishop of Stafford, at St Luke's Church, Blakenhall [2] and ordained a priest the following Advent (19 December 1969), by William Parker, Bishop of Shrewsbury, at St Matthew's Church, Walsall. [3] He served his first curacy at Blakenall Heath (in Walsall, Staffordshire) until 1972, when he went for a year to serve St Buryan with St Levan and Sennan (at Land's End, Cornwall), before returning to Blakenall Heath. [1]

Remaining in the West Midlands, Johnston next served as priest-in-charge of St Stephen's Church, Willenhall, from 1975, until the next year, when he moved to West Bromwich: he served All Saints and St Mary Magdalene until 1977, and became a lecturer at West Bromwich College of Commerce and Technology in 1978. From 1982, he served in Dudley borough for 26 years: first as an industrial chaplain and Team Vicar of St John the Baptist, Halesowen until 1994. He became a self-supporting minister at St Francis, Dudley, where he became priest-in-charge in 1999; he additionally served as priest-in-charge of the Church of St Edmund, Dudley from 2004, until his retirement in 2008. [1]

Retirement

On first retiring, Johnston became Chaplain (i.e. parish priest) of Nerja and Almuñécar, Spain, for the Church of England Diocese in Europe. [1] He became one of the Area Deans of Gibraltar Archdeaconry in January 2013, and was (additionally) commissioned Acting Archdeacon of Gibraltar and collated a Canon at Gibraltar Cathedral that November. [4] On 17 October 2014, around the time he resigned the chaplaincy, he was re-licensed to the Archdeaconry, this time on a more long-term basis. [5] In February 2019, he took on the extra role of Acting Archdeacon of Italy and Malta. [6] On 6 November 2019, the eve of his 75th birthday, Johnston retired again. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Geoffrey Stanley Johnston" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Advent ordinations" . Church Times . No. 5524. 27 December 1968. p. 13. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 February 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  3. ↑ "Advent ordinations" . Church Times . No. 5576. 24 December 1969. p. 13. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 February 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ↑ Nerja and Almuñécar Anglican Church — A Brief History of our Parish (Accessed 15 February 2019)
  5. ↑ Diocese in Europe — Continuing Ministry — The Same Work But With New Authority (Accessed 15 February 2019)
  6. ↑ "Appointments" . Church Times . No. 8135. 15 February 2019. p. 32. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Retirement of our Archdeacon". 2 November 2019.
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