John Went | |
|---|---|
| former Bishop of Tewkesbury | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Gloucester |
| Installed | 1996 |
| Term ended | 2 March 2013 (retired) [1] [2] |
| Predecessor | Jeremy Walsh |
| Successor | Martyn Snow |
| Other post | Archdeacon of Surrey (1989–1996) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 September 1969 (deacon); 29 September 1970 (priest) by Robert Stopford (deacon); Graham Leonard (priest) |
| Consecration | 25 January 1996 by George Carey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 March 1944 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Rosemary Dunn (m. 1968) |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
John Stewart Went (born 11 March 1944) was the Anglican Bishop of Tewkesbury, the suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Gloucester, from 25 January 1996 until 2 March 2013.
He was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. [3] He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1969 (29 September), by Robert Stopford, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral, [4] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (29 September 1970), by Graham Leonard, Bishop of Willesden, at St Mary's, Willesden. [5] Went married Rosemary Dunn [3] in 1968 before embarking on a clerical career with a curacy in Northwood, London [6] followed by an incumbency at Margate. Vice-principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford [7] from 1983 until 1989 when he became Archdeacon of Surrey. In 1996 he became the suffragan Bishop of Tewkesbury; [8] he was consecrated a bishop on 25 January 1996 [9] by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. [10]
