John Went

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John Went
former Bishop of Tewkesbury
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Gloucester
Installed1996
Term ended2 March 2013 (retired)[1][2]
PredecessorJeremy Walsh
SuccessorMartyn Snow
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Surrey (1989–1996)
Orders
Ordination1969 (deacon); 1970 (priest)
Consecration1996
Personal details
Born (1944-03-11) 11 March 1944 (age 77)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseRosemary Dunn (m. 1968)
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge

John Stewart Went (born 11 March 1944) was the Anglican Bishop of Tewkesbury from 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] at Westminster Abbey.[10]

Styles[]

  • The Reverend John Went (1969–1989)
  • The Venerable John Went (1989–1996)
  • The Right Reverend John Went (1996–present)

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. ^ [1] (Accessed 4 March 2013)
  3. ^ a b 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 [2]
  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.
  10. ^ [3] & [4]
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Preceded by Bishop of Tewkesbury
1996–2013 		Succeeded by


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