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John Baker (bishop)

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Role
  
Bishop

Predecessor
  
Name
  
John Baker

Successor
  

Denomination
  
Education
  
In office
  
1982–1993

Died
  
June 4, 2014

Consecration
  
1982


Other posts
  
Honorary assistant bishop in Winchester (1994–2014)

Ordination
  
c. 1954 (deacon); 1955 (priest)

Born
  
11 January 1928 (
1928-01-11
)

Parents
  
George and Grace Austin Baker

Books
  
The foolishness of God, The prophetic line

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John Austin Baker (11 January 1928 – 4 June 2014) was a Church of England bishop, Bishop of Salisbury from 1982 until his retirement in 1993.

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Early life

He was the only child born to George Austin Baker and his wife Grace Baker. Though his father was a company secretary, three uncles and an aunt had taken holy orders. He was educated at Marlborough College and Oriel College, Oxford. He was awarded the degrees Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) and Master of Letters (MLitt).

Religious life

Ordained in 1955, he began his ministry with curacies at All Saint's Cuddesdon and St Anselm's Hatch End, after which he was a fellow and lecturer at Corpus Christi College, Oxford until 1973. From then until his ordination to the episcopate he was a residential canon at Westminster Abbey and also for some years chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

A keen musician, Baker was a prominent author. In retirement he continued to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Winchester.

References

John Baker (bishop) Wikipedia