The Rt Rev John Walker Woodhouse (28 January 1884 - 13 March 1955) was an Anglican Suffragan Bishop from 1945[1] until 1953[2].
He was born on 28 January 1884 and educated at Charterhouse [3] and University College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St James, Milton, Portsmouth[4]. After service as a World War I chaplain he was then Vicar of St John’s, Waterloo Road, Lambeth[5] and after that St George’s, Newcastle upon Tyne. From 1942 to 1945 he was Rural Dean of Huddersfield and finally Bishop of Thetford.
He died after a short retirement on 13 March 1955.
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Title last held by
John Bowers |
Bishop of Thetford 1945 –1953 |
Succeeded by Martin Patrick Grainge Leonard |
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