John Bickersteth

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The Rt Revd John Bickersteth KCVO
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Diocese	Diocese of Bath and Wells
In office	1975–1988
Predecessor	Edward Henderson
Successor	George Carey
Other posts	Clerk of the Closet 1979–1989 Bishop of Warrington 1970–1975
Orders
Ordination	1951
Consecration	c. 1970
Personal details
Born	(1921-09-06) 6 September 1921
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

John Monier Bickersteth KCVO^[1] (born 6 September 1921) was Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1975 to 1987, and Clerk of the Closet from 1979-1989.

Educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford, he was ordained in 1951 and began his career with a Curacy at St Matthew Moorfield's Bristol.^[2] After a spell as Vicar of Chatham he ascended to the Episcopate in 1970 as Suffragan Bishop of Warrington, and after five years was further promoted to Bath. From 1979 he was Clerk of the Closet for a decade.

References

↑ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debtrett's) p 1621 ISBN 1-870520-09-2
↑ Who's Who 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3514-2

v t e Bishops of Warrington

Linton Smith Edwin Kempson Herbert Jones Charles Claxton Laurence Brown John Bickersteth Michael Henshall John Packer David Jennings Richard Blackburn

v t e Bishops of Bath and Wells

Medieval	see renamed from Bath Roger of Salisbury (previously Bishop of Bath) William of Bitton Walter Giffard William of Bitton (nephew) Robert Burnell William of March Walter Haselshaw John Droxford Ralph of Shrewsbury John Barnet John Harewell Walter Skirlaw Ralph Ergham Richard Clifford Henry Bowet Nicholas Bubwith John Stafford Thomas Beckington Robert Stillington Richard Foxe Oliver King

Early modern	Cardinal Adriano Castellesi Cardinal Thomas Wolsey John Clerk William Knight William Barlow Gilbert Bourne Gilbert Berkeley Thomas Godwin John Still James Montague Arthur Lake William Laud Leonard Mawe Walter Curle William Piers Robert Creighton Peter Mews Thomas Ken Richard Kidder George Hooper John Wynne Edward Willes Charles Moss

Late modern	Richard Beadon George Law Hon Richard Bagot The Lord Auckland Lord Arthur Hervey George Kennion Wynne Willson Francis Underhill William Wand Harold Bradfield Edward Henderson John Bickersteth George Carey Jim Thompson Peter Price Peter Maurice, Bishop suffragan of Taunton (acting diocesan) Peter Hancock (announced)

v t e Clerks of the Closet

Since 1908	William Boyd Carpenter Hubert Burge Thomas Strong Cyril Garbett Percy Herbert Roger Wilson Gordon Fallows John Bickersteth John Waine Jonathan Bailey Christopher Hill

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 56468526 LCCN: nr91034060

Persondata
Name	Bickersteth, John Monier
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Bath and Wells; Bishop of Warrington
Date of birth	6 September 1921
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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