John Richardson (Bishop of Bedford)

The Rt Rev John Henry Richardson is a former Suffragan Bishop of Bedford.[1] He was born on 11 July 1937 and educated at Winchester and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2]Ordained in 1964 he began his career with curacies in Stevenage and Eastbourne and was then successively Vicar of Chipperfield then Rural Dean of Rickmansworth[3] and then finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) Vicar of St Michael’s, Bishops Stortford.[4] In retirement he continues to minister as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Carlisle.

Notes

  1. ^ History of post
  2. ^ Who’s Who 2008 (London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
  3. ^ Crockfords On line- accessed Sunday 21st December 2008, 11:01
  4. ^ Parish details
Church of England titles
Preceded by
David John Farmbrough
Bishop of Bedford
1994 –2002
Succeeded by
Richard Neil Inwood