John Andrew (priest, born 1931)

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Cuddesdon College

John Gerald Barton Andrew,

Anglican priest. From 1972 to 1996, he was the Rector of St. Thomas' Church on New York's Fifth Avenue.[1]

Early life

Andrew was born on 10 January 1931 in

Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.[2] As a boy, he was a chorister at St Peters Church, Anlaby.[3] He was educated at Beverley Grammar School, an all-boys school in Beverley, Yorkshire.[3][4]

Having served in the

Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1958.[5] He then completed a further year of study at Cuddesdon before his ordination.[3][5]

Military service

On 9 March 1950, having completed

officer training, Andrew was commissioned into the Secretarial Branch of the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer (national service).[6] On 18 September 1951, after 18 months with the RAF, he was transferred to the reserve (national Service list) thereby ending his full-time service.[7] He was promoted to flying officer on 4 June 1952.[8] On 27 May 1956, he relinquished his commission and therefore ended his call-up liability.[9]

Ordained ministry

In 1956, Andrew was ordained in the

curacy at St Peter's Church, Redcar.[5] In 1959, he moved to the United States for the first time and was curate at St. George's-by-the-River, Rumson, New Jersey for approximately 18 months.[3][2]

In October 1960, Andrew returned to England and was appointed chaplain to Michael Ramsey, then the Archbishop of York.[3] From 1961 to 1969, he continued to serve as chaplain to Ramsey, now the Archbishop of Canterbury. His time as chaplain to Ramsey was controversial given his unusually young age (he was 30 when Ramsey became Archbishop of Canterbury) and because he had only ever been a curate (a junior parish priest).[2] He was promoted to Senior Chaplain in 1965.[5]

Andrew then moved back into parish ministry and from 1969 to 1972 served as

Rural Dean of Preston,[5] giving him a supervising role over 39 other priests.[3] After three years, he sought a more prestigious appointment and made use of the influential contacts he had gained during his time as archbishop's chaplain.[2]

In March 1972, the

Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, by Richard F. Grein, Bishop of New York.[3][2]

Andrew retired in 1996 and returned for a time to England.[2] He later returned to New York and was appointed Rector Emeritus of St Thomas' Church in 1999.[3]

Later life

On 15 October 2014, Andrew was having dinner with

New York Presbyterian Hospital but died on 17 October.[11] His funeral was held at St. Thomas' Church, New York, on 5 November.[12]

Honours

In the 1996

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 'for charitable and community services in New York'.[13] In May 1996, he was awarded the Cross of St Augustine, the second highest honour for service to Anglicanism, by George Carey, the then Archbishop of Canterbury.[3]

He was awarded a number of

Nashotah House Theological Seminary, Wisconsin, US. In 1996, he was awarded a DD by the General Theological Seminary, New York, US.[5]

Writings

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Canon John Andrew - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "John Gerald Barton Andrew". Saint Thomas Church. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Notable Alumni". Beverley Grammar School. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "John Gerald Barton Andrew". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. ^ "No. 38882". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 April 1950. p. 1780.
  7. ^ "No. 39335". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 September 1951. p. 4876.
  8. ^ "No. 39985". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 October 1953. p. 5436.
  9. ^ "No. 40826". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 July 1956. p. 4021.
  10. ^ "Order of Service for the Institution" (PDF). Saint Thomas Church. 3 December 1972. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Father John Andrew, XI Rector, died peacefully on Friday, 17th October 2014". saintthomaschurch.org. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  12. ^ "JOHN ANDREW Obituary". The New York Times. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  13. ^ "No. 54255". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1995. p. 25.
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