John Perry (bishop)

John Freeman Perry (born 15 June 1935)[1] is a retired Anglican bishop.

John Perry
Bishop of Chelmsford
Diocese	Diocese of Chelmsford
In office	1996–2003
Predecessor	John Waine
Successor	John Gladwin
Other posts	Honorary assistant bishop in Bath & Wells (2011–present) Bishop of Southampton (1989–1996)
Orders
Ordination	1959 (deacon); 1960 (priest)
Consecration	1989
Personal details
Born	15 June 1935
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Richard and Elsie
Spouse	Gay Brown (m. 1959; d. 2009) Marilyn Sertin (m. 2011)
Children	3 sons; 2 daughters (all with first wife)
Alma mater	London College of Divinity

Perry was educated at Mill Hill School,[2] the London College of Divinity and St John's College, Nottingham. He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1959 (20 September)[3] and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (25 September 1960) – both times by Ivor Watkins, Bishop of Guildford, at Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Guildford.[4] After ordination he was a curate at Christ Church, Woking[5] 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.[6] From 1977 until 1989 he was Warden of Lee Abbey when he was appointed Bishop of Southampton, a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester. He took up that See upon his consecration as bishop by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 25 January 1989 at Westminster Abbey.[7] Translated to Chelmsford in 1996 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Anglia Ruskin University in 2001[8] and retired to Shaftesbury two years later.

References

1. Who's Who 1992 (London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
2. Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
3. "Michaelmas Ordinations". Church Times (#5041). 25 September 1959. p. 19. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
4. "Michaelmas Ordinations". Church Times (#5094). 30 September 1960. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
5. Church website
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
7. "In brief: Consecrations". Church Times (#6572). 27 January 1989. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
8. Citation details