John Delight

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The Venerable John David Delight (24 August 1925 - 16 February 2013) was a British clergyman who served as Archdeacon of Stoke from 1982 to 1990. [1]

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Early life and education

Delight was educated at Christ's Hospital, [2] the University of Liverpool, Oak Hill Theological College, the Open University (BA Theology 1955) and Ripon Hall, Oxford. [3]

Career

After wartime service in the RNVR he served curacies at Tooting Graveney and Wallington. He was then:

Death

Delight died in February 2013 at the age of 87.

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References

  1. ↑ Aldridge Parish Church
  2. ↑ The Times
  3. ↑ ‘EDE, Ven. Dennis’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  4. ↑ ‘DELIGHT, Ven. John David’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, April 2016 accessed 4 Feb 2017
  5. ↑ Church Times, deaths, 22 February 2013
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Stoke
1982–1989		Succeeded by


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