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John Went | |
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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 post(s) | Archdeacon of Surrey (1989–1996) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 29 September 1969 (deacon); 29 September 1970 (priest) by Robert Stopford (deacon); Graham Leonard (priest) |
Consecration | 25 January 1996 by George Carey |
Personal details | |
Born | 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, 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]