John Baker (bishop)

For John Hyndley Gilbert Baker, see Gilbert Baker (bishop).

John Austin Baker (born 11 January 1928) was the Bishop of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1982 until 1993.[1]

Baker was educated at Marlborough College and Oriel College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1955, he began his ministry with curacies at All Saint's Cuddesdon and St Anselm's Hatch End, after which he was a fellow and lecturer at Corpus Christi College, Oxford until 1973. From then until his ordination to the episcopate he was a residential canon at Westminster Abbey.[3] A keen musician,[4] Baker is a prominent author.[5] In retirement he continues to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Winchester

References

  1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 9780715110300
  2. ^ Who's Who 2008, London, A & C Black, ISBN 9780713672576
  3. ^ Additionally, he was chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons Who's Who (ibid)
  4. ^ Debrett's People of Today London,2008 Debrett's, ISBN 9781870520959
  5. ^ Amongst others he has written The Foolishness of God (1970); Prophecy in the Church (1976); and The Whole Family of God (1981), British Library Catalogue accessed 27 August 2008 17:54
Church of England titles
Preceded by
George Reindorp		 Bishop of Salisbury
1982 – 1993		 Succeeded by
David Stancliffe
Bishops of Salisbury since 1908