John Woodhouse

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 (also Archdeacon of Lynn from 1946 to 1953).

He died after a short retirement on 13 March 1955.

References

1. ↑ New Bishops Of Dunwich And Thetford The Times Friday, 22 Jun 1945; pg. 2; Issue 50175; col D
2. ↑ Resignation details
3. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
4. ↑ Church web site
5. ↑ British History on-line

Church of England titles
Vacant Title last held by John Bowers	Bishop of Thetford 1945 –1953	Succeeded by Martin Patrick Grainge Leonard

v t e Bishops of Thetford Medieval diocesan Herfast William de Beaufeu Herbert de Losinga see removed to Norwich Modern suffragan John Salisbury Arthur Lloyd John Bowers John Woodhouse Martin Leonard Eric Cordingly Hugh Blackburne Tim Dudley-Smith Hugo de Waal David Atkinson Alan Winton

Persondata
Name	Woodhouse, John Walker
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Thetford
Date of birth	28 January 1884
Place of birth
Date of death	13 March 1955
Place of death