John Taylor (bishop of Sheffield)

Francis John Taylor^[1] (13 November 1912 – 4 July 1971) was the third Bishop of Sheffield from 1962.^[2] Born on 13 November 1912 and educated at Hymers College and The Queen's College, Oxford,^[3] he was ordained in 1937 and began his career with a curacy at Walcot, Bath. He was then a Tutor, Lecturer and Chaplain at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford after which he was Vicar of Christ Church, Claughton, Merseyside. From 1954, he was Principal of Wycliffe, a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate . An autocratic Prelate, he died in post on 4 July 1971.

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