John Flack (bishop)

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The Right Reverend

John Flack
Director, Anglican Centre in Rome & Archbishop's Representative to the Holy See
Church Church of England
In office2003–2008 (retired)
Predecessor Richard Garrard
Successor David Richardson
Other post(s) Priest-in-charge, Nassington with Yarwell and Woodnewton with Apethorpe (2008–2012)
Bishop of Huntingdon (1997–2003)
Archdeacon of Pontefract (1992–1997)
Orders
Ordination1966 (deacon); 1967 (priest)
Consecration8 January 1997 [1]
Personal details
Born
John Robert Flack

(1942-05-30) 30 May 1942 (age 81)
Denomination Anglican
ParentsEdwin & Joan
SpouseJulia Slaughter (m. 1968; died 2021)
ChildrenAlison & Robert
Alma mater University of Leeds

John Robert Flack (born 30 May 1942) is an English Anglican bishop. He is a former Bishop of Huntingdon and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome.

Flack was educated at Leeds University and the College of the Resurrection at Mirfield. [2] He was made deacon in 1966 and ordained priest in 1967. After curacies at Armley and Northampton he was Vicar of St James Chapelthorpe [3] from 1972 to 1981. From here he rose steadily in the church's hierarchy, being successively Team Rector of Brighouse, Rural Dean of Elland and Archdeacon of Pontefract before his ordination to the episcopate. [4] He was consecrated a bishop on 8 January 1997 at Southwark Cathedral, [5] and served as Bishop of Huntington (suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Ely) until 2003. He was subsequently Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome [6] until 2008. [7] On his return to the UK, he was Priest-in-charge of Apethorpe, Nassington, Thornhaugh, Wansford, Woodnewton and Yarwell, in Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire, until retiring in 2012. During this time, he also served as an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Dioceses of Peterborough and of Ely, from which he retired in 2017.

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References

  1. ↑ Diocese in Europe prayer diary, January 2014 (Accessed 22 April 2014)
  2. ↑ ‘FLACK, Rt Rev. John Robert’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 4 July 2012
  3. ↑ "Parish history".
  4. ↑ Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 ISBN   978-1-870520-95-9
  5. ↑ "The Bishop-designate of Huntingdon". www.ely.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 19 May 1997. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Anglican Centre in Rome". www.anglicancentreinrome.org.
  7. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing ( ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0)
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Huntingdon
1997–2003		Succeeded by
Preceded by Director, Anglican Centre in Rome &
Archbishop's representative to the Holy See
2003–2008		Succeeded by


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