John Went

This article is about the bishop. For the Protestant martyr see John Went (martyr).

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 posts Archdeacon of Surrey (1989–1996)
Orders
Ordination c.1968
Consecration 1996
Personal details
Born (1944-03-11) 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 from 1996 until 2 March 2013.

He was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[3] Went married Rosemary Dunn[4] in 1968 before embarking on a clerical career with a curacy in Northwood, London[5] followed by an incumbency at Margate. Vice-principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford[6] from 1983 until 1989 when he became Archdeacon of Surrey. In 1996 he became the suffragan Bishop of Tewkesbury.[7]

Styles

References

  1. "Bishop of Tewkesbury to retire in March" (Press release). Gloucester Diocese. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. (Accessed 4 March 2013)
  3. Who's Who 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3514-2
  4. ”Who’s Who(Ibid)
  5. Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debtrett's) p 1621 ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
  6. Crockfords, (London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
  7. Crockfords, (London, Church House 1995) online
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Jeremy Walsh
Bishop of Tewkesbury
1996–2013
Succeeded by
Martyn Snow


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