John Burgess (priest)
John Edward Burgess (9 December 1930 - 9 March 2019) was an Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of Bath from 1975 to 1995.[1]
Burgess was educated at Surbiton County Grammar School and the University of London. After six years working for Shell he went to the London School of Theology. He was ordained deacon in 1957 and priest in 1958[2] and then served curacies at St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey (1957-60) and St Mary's Church, Southampton (1960-62).[3] He was Vicar of Coppenhall from 1962 to 1967; and then of Keynsham until his appointment as Archdeacon.[4]
He was married to Jonquil. He died in 2019, aged 88.[5]
Notes[]
- ^ ‘BURGESS, Ven. John Edward’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 2015 accessed 9 Sept 2016
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 135.
- ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ^ Church news. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 18, 1974; pg. 17; Issue 59273
- ^ "Church Times: Obituary, The Ven John Burgess, 14 June 2019". Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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