John Paddock (priest)

John Allan Barnes Paddock FRSA (born 8 August 1951) is a retired Anglican priest and former Dean of Gibraltar.^[1]

Paddock was born in Gloucester and educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester, and the University of Liverpool,^[2] the University of Manchester (PGCE, 1975), the University of Oxford (MA, 1981), the University of Glasgow (PhD, 2005) and Cardiff University (LLM).^[3] He was ordained deacon in 1980 and priest in 1981.^[4] After a curacy at St Katharine's Matson he was a chaplain at the Lancaster Royal Grammar School and then with the RAF. He then held further school chaplaincies at St Olave's Grammar School, Orpington, and Royal Russell School, Croydon. From 1997 to 2000 he was the vicar of St Peter's Folkestone and from then until his appointment as the Dean of Gibraltar.^[5] Paddock retired in November 2017^[6]

References[]

^ Gib Connect Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
^ "Paddock, Very Rev. Dr John Allan Barnes, (born 8 Aug. 1951), Dean of Gibraltar, 2008–17, now Dean Emeritus." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2009
^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
^ Searle, Dominique (15 December 2008). "Gib's New Dean is to be Installed Tomorrow". The Gibraltar Chronicle. Gibraltar: 3.
^ Diocese in Europe — Prayer Diary (Accessed 7 January 2018)

Church of England titles
Preceded by Alan Geoffrey Woods	Dean of Gibraltar 2008 – 2017	Vacant Title next held by Robin Gill as Acting Dean

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