John Garton

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The Rt Revd John Garton MA(Oxon)
Bishop of Plymouth
Diocese	Diocese of Exeter
In office	1996–2005
Predecessor	Richard Hawkins
Successor	John Ford
Other posts	Honorary assistant bishop in Oxford (2006–present)
Orders
Ordination	1969
Consecration	1996
Personal details
Born	(1941-10-03) 3 October 1941
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Henry & Dorothy
Spouse	Pauline George (m. 1969; d. 2006)
Children	2 sons
Profession	Academic (theologian)
Alma mater	Worcester College, Oxford

John Henry Garton (born 3 October 1941) is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the suffragan Bishop of Plymouth in the Church of England.^[1]

Garton was educated at Worcester College, Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon.^[2] After a short service commission in the Royal Tank Regiment he was ordained in 1969 and began his career as a Chaplain to the Forces. From 1973 until 1976 he was a lecturer at Lincoln Theological College and then Rector of St Peter’s Hillfields.^[3] He then spent 10 years as Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon before his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of Plymouth, a position he held from 1996 until 2005, since when he has been an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Oxford.

References

Church of England titles
Preceded by Richard Hawkins	Bishop of Plymouth 1996–2005	Succeeded by John Ford

v t e Anglican Bishops of Plymouth

Howard Masterman Whitfield Daukes Norman Clarke Guy Sanderson Richard Cartwright Kenneth Newing Richard Hawkins John Garton John Ford

v t e Diocese of Exeter

Exeter Cathedral The Palace, Exeter The Old Deanery, Exeter

Office holders	The Bishop of Exeter (Vacant) The acting diocesan bishop & Bishop suffragan of Crediton, Nick McKinnel The Bishop suffragan of Plymouth (Vacant) AEO: Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet (Vacant) The Dean of Exeter, Jonathan Draper The Archdeacon of Barnstaple, David Gunn-Johnson The Archdeacon of Totnes, John Rawlings The Archdeacon of Plymouth, Ian Chandler The Archdeacon of Exeter, Christopher Futcher

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Barnstaple Deanery of Cadbury Deanery of Christianity (Exeter) Deanery of Hartland

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cornwall (11th century – 1876; became the Diocese of Truro)

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