John Finney

John Thornley Finney was the eighth Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract.[1] He was born on 1 May 1927 and educated at Charterhouse and Hertford College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1958, he began his career with curacies in Headington and Aylesbury[3] and was then successively Rector of Tollerton, Vicar of St Margarets Aspley[4] Adviser in Evangelism to the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and then Officer for the Decade of Evangelism before ascending to the Episcopate[5] - a post he held from 1993 until 1998. An eminent author,[6] in retirement he continues to minister, as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.

Notes

  1. ^ Crockfords On line- accessed 2 December 2008
  2. ^ Who’s Who 2008 (London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
  3. ^ Crockford’s (Ibid)
  4. ^ Church details
  5. ^ Diocesan profile
  6. ^ Amongst others he wrote “Saints Alive!”, 1983; “Understanding Leadership”, 1989; “Recovering the Past: Celtic and Roman mission”, 1996; “Fading Splendour?”, 2000; and “Emerging Evangelism”, 2004 > British Library Web-site accessed 22 December 2008
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Thomas Richard Hare		 Bishop of Pontefract
1993 –1998		 Succeeded by
David Charles James