John Perry (bishop)

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In office 1996–2003 Role Vicar Diocese Diocese of Chelmsford Name John Perry Consecration 1989		Parents Richard and Elsie Predecessor John Waine Denomination Anglican Successor John Gladwin
Other posts Honorary assistant bishop in Bath & Wells (2011–present)Bishop of Southampton (1989–1996) Ordination c. 1959 (deacon); c. 1960 (priest) Born 15 June 1935 (age 88) ( 1935-06-15 ) Spouse Gay Brown (m. 1959; d. 2009)Marilyn Sertin (m. 2011) Education St John's School of Mission Books Effective Christian Leadership, Christian Leadership

John Freeman Perry (born 15 June 1935) is a retired Anglican bishop.

Perry was educated at Mill Hill School, the London College of Divinity and St John's College, Nottingham. After ordination he was a curate at Christ Church, Woking until 1962,after which he held a similar post at Christ Church, Chorleywood before becoming vicar of St Andrew's in the same town in 1963; and in 1972 Rural Dean of Rickmansworth. From 1977 until 1989 he was Warden of Lee Abbey when he was ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Southampton. Translated to Chelmsford in 1996 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Anglia Ruskin University in 2001 and retired to Shaftesbury two years later.

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