John Taylor (bishop of Glasgow and Galloway)

John Mitchell Taylor was Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway from 1991 to 1998.[1]
He was born on 23 May 1932; m 1959, Edna Elizabeth and educated at Banff Academy and Aberdeen University[2] and ordained after a period of study at Edinburgh Theological College in 1956.[3] He was Assistant Curate at St Margaret, Aberdeen and then Rector of (successively) Holy Cross, Glasgow, St Ninian, in the same city and St John the Evangelist, Dumfries, his final appointment before elevation to the Episcopate.[4]

Scottish Episcopal Church titles
Preceded by
Derek Rawcliffe
Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
1991 – 1998
Succeeded by
Idris Jones

References

  1. ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0567087468
  2. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
  3. ^ Crockford’s 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
  4. ^ list of Bishops of Glasgow & Galloway