John Burgess (priest)

John Edward Burgess (b 9 December 1930) was Archdeacon of Bath from 1975 to 1995.

Burgess was educated at Surbiton County Grammar School and the University of London. After six years working for Shell he went to the London School of Theology. He served curacies at St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey and St Mary, Southampton. He was Vicar of Coppenhall from 1962 to 1967; and then of Keynsham until his appointment as Archdeacon.