John Bickersteth

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John Monier Bickersteth KCVO^[1] (1921- ) was Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1975 to 1987, and Clerk of the Closet from 1979-1989. Educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford he was ordained in 1951 and began his career with a Curacy at St Matthew Moorfield's Bristol^[2]. After a spell as Vicar of Chatham he ascended to the Episcopate in 1970 as Suffragan Bishop of Warrington, and after five years was further promoted to Bath. From 1979 he was Clerk of the Closet for a decade.

Preceded by Lawrence Ambrose Brown	Bishop of Warrington 1970 - 1975	Succeeded by Michael Henshall
Preceded by Edward Barry Henderson	Bishop of Bath and Wells 1975 - 1988	Succeeded by George Leonard Carey
Preceded by John Waine	Clerk of the Closet 1979-1989	Succeeded by Gordon Fallows

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1. ^ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debtrett's) p 1621 ISBN 1870520092)
2. ^ Who's Who 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0713635142

v • d • e Bishops of Warrington Martin Linton Smith • Edwin Hone Kempson • Herbert Gresford Jones • Charles Robert Claxton • Laurence Ambrose Brown • John Manier Bickersteth • Michael Henshall • John Richard Packer • David Jennings •

v • d • e Clerks of the Closet since 1908 William Boyd-Carpenter • Hubert Burge • Thomas Strong • Cyril Garbett • Percy Herbert • Roger Wilson • Gordon Fallows • John Bickersteth • John Waine • Jonathan Bailey • Christopher Hill •

v • d • e Bishops of Bath and Wells since 1908 George Wyndham Kennion  • St John Basil Wynne Wilson • Francis Underhill • John William Charles Wand • Harold William Bradfield  • Edward Barry Henderson  • John Monier Bickersteth  • George Carey  • Jim Thompson • Peter Price •