John Garton

John Henry Garton (born 3 October 1941) is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the suffragan Bishop of Plymouth in the Church of England.^[2]

Garton was educated at Worcester College, Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon.^[3] 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.^[4] 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

1. ↑ Photograph captioned "Revd Canon JOHN GARTON, Bishop of Plymouth (At Southwark Cathedral after [his Consecration) ... 03.07.1996] (Accessed 26 April 2014)
2. ↑ Crockfords Online- accessed 2 December 2008
3. ↑ Who’s Who 2008 (London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
4. ↑ Parish website

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