John Lister (priest)
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The Very Revd John Field Lister MA (19 January 1916 – 23 August 2006)[1][2] was an eminent Anglican priest in the latter part of the 20th century.[3]
Lister was educated at King's School, Worcester and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1939 [4] and was initially a Curate at St Nicholas Radford.[5] After this he was Curate at St John the Baptist, Coventry [6] and then Vicar of Brighouse. He was Archdeacon of Halifax from 1961 to 1972,[7] when he became Provost of Wakefield – a post he held for a decade.
References
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Obituaries: Keble College, Oxford
- ↑ Telegraph Obituary
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP 1940
- ↑ Flickr
- ↑ Church web site
- ↑ Yorkshire Post Obituary
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| Preceded by | Provost of Wakefield 1972–1982 |
Succeeded by John Allen |
