John Went

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John Went
former Bishop of Tewkesbury
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Gloucester
Installed1996
Term ended2 March 2013 (retired) [1] [2]
Predecessor Jeremy Walsh
Successor Martyn Snow
Other post(s) Archdeacon of Surrey (1989–1996)
Orders
Ordination29 September 1969 (deacon); 29 September 1970 (priest)
by  Robert Stopford (deacon); Graham Leonard (priest)
Consecration25 January 1996
by  George Carey
Personal details
Born (1944-03-11) 11 March 1944 (age 80)
Nationality British
Denomination Anglican
SpouseRosemary 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]

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References

  1. "Bishop of Tewkesbury to retire in March" (Press release). Gloucester Diocese. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. (Accessed 4 March 2013)
  3. 1 2 Who's Who 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   0-7136-3514-2
  4. "Michaelmas Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 5564. 3 October 1969. p. 15. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 24 May 2019 via UK Press Online archives.
  5. "Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 5616. 2 October 1970. p. 15. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 24 May 2019 via UK Press Online archives.
  6. Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis, P (1992, London, Debtrett's) p 1621 ISBN   1-870520-09-2)
  7. Crockfords, (London, Church House 1995) ISBN   0-7151-8088-6
  8. Crockfords, (London, Church House 1995) online
  9. "New bishop for Gloucestershire" . Church Times . No. 6912. 4 August 1995. p. 2. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 24 May 2019 via UK Press Online archives.
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Preceded by Bishop of Tewkesbury
1996–2013
Succeeded by