John Beer (priest)

John Stuart Beer (born 15 March 1944[1]) is a priest in the Church of England and the current Archdeacon of Cambridge.[2]

Beer was at Roundhay School and Pembroke College, Oxford. After working in advertising with Rowntree's in York he was ordained in 1972. He became a curate at St John the Baptist's Knaresborough and then a fellow and chaplain at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. After this he became the Rector of Toft and then the Vicar of Grantchester.[3] He was Archdeacon of Huntington from 1997 until his appointment to Ely in 2004.

References

  1. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
  2. ^ Until 2006 of Ely
  3. ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0715180886
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Richard Kitson Sledge
Archdeacon of Huntingdon
1997-2004
Succeeded by
Hugh McCurdy
Preceded by
Jeffrey John Seagrief Watson
Archdeacon of Cambridge
(previously Ely)

2004-
Succeeded by
Current incumbent