John Howe (bishop)

John William Alexander Howe, DD (14 July 1920 – 26 April 2001) was an eminent Anglican priest: the 8th Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.

Born in Goodmayes on 14 July 1920 he was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys and Durham University. He was ordained in 1944, he began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate at All Saints, Scarborough. He was Chaplain at Adisadel College Gold Coast and then Vice-Principal of Edinburgh Theological College. In 1955 he was elevated to the Episcopate, retiring in 1969. He died 26 April 2001, aged 80.