John Pritchard (bishop)

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Anglican
ResidenceRichmond, North Yorkshire
ParentsNeil Pritchard, Winifred Savill[2]
Spouse(Susan) Wendy Claridge[3]
Children2[3]
Alma materSt Peter's College, Oxford

John Lawrence Pritchard (born 22 April 1948) is a

Open Evangelical
tradition.

Early life

Pritchard was born in

Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) in 1973.[5]

In 1970, Pritchard entered

theological college.[5] He then studied theology and trained for ordination for the next two years. In 1972, he received a Certificate in Pastoral Theology.[2]

Ordained ministry

Pritchard was

ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1972 and as a priest in 1973.[5] From 1972 to 1976 he served as a curate at St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham and, from 1976 to 1980, he was Youth Chaplain and Assistant Director of Education in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. In 1980 he became priest in charge of Wilton, Taunton. From 1988 he was Director of Pastoral Studies at Cranmer Hall, Durham and, from 1993, the college's warden. In 1996, he became Archdeacon of Canterbury and a canon residentiary of Canterbury Cathedral
.

Episcopal ministry

In January 2002, Pritchard was consecrated as a bishop by David Hope, the Archbishop of York.[3] Then, from 2002 to 2007, he served as the Bishop of Jarrow, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Durham.[5]

On 11 December 2006 it was announced that Pritchard would become the 42nd

Muslims in Oxford to broadcast the adhan from the minaret of a mosque. As a result, he received hostile comments and letters of complaint.[7][8][9]

John Pritchard retired as Bishop of Oxford on 31 October 2014.

honorary assistant bishop of the Diocese of Durham
.

On 11 February 2017, Pritchard was one of 14 retired bishops to sign an open letter to the then-serving bishops of the Church of England. In an unprecedented move, they expressed their opposition to the House of Bishops' report to General Synod on sexuality, which recommended no change to the church's canons or practices around sexuality.[11] By 13 February, a serving bishop (Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham) and nine further retired bishops had added their signatures;[12] on 15 February, the report was rejected by synod.[13]

Personal life

Pritchard married Wendy, a graduate of St Hugh's College, Oxford, in 1972.[14] The couple have two daughters, Amanda, Chief Executive of NHS England, and Nicola. Following retirement Pritchard and his wife live in Richmond, North Yorkshire.[3]

Styles

  • The Reverend John Pritchard (1972–1996)
  • The
    Venerable
     John Pritchard (1996–2002)
  • The
    Right Reverend
     John Pritchard (2002–present)

Writings

References

  1. ^ Diocese of Oxford – Bishop John lays down his staff (Accessed 1 November 2014)
  2. ^ a b c ‘OXFORD, Bishop of’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 Accessed 8 May 2012
  3. ^ a b c d "Diocese of Oxford — Bishops and Archdeacons". Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Birthdays", The Guardian, 22 April 2014
  5. ^ a b c d "John Lawrence Pritchard". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  6. ^ Bishopric of Oxford Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Bates, Stephen (13 March 2008). "People". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  8. ^ "Bishop's death threats over mosque plan". The Daily Telegraph. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
  9. ^ "Bishop receives death threats for backing Muslim prayer call". Islamic Republic News Agency. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
  10. ^ "Bishop of Oxford to retire after seven years". BBC. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  11. Stephen Lowe, Stephen Platten, Pritchard, Peter Selby, Tim Stevens, Martin Wharton, and Roy Williamson
    .)
  12. John Davies, Peter Maurice, David Rossdale, John Saxbee, Martin Shaw, Oliver Simon, and David Stancliffe
    .
  13. ^ The Guardian, "Church of England in turmoil as synod rejects report on same-sex relationships" (Accessed 17 February 2017).
  14. ^ "Marriages". Chronicle 1972-1973. St Hugh's College, Oxford (Association of senior members). 16 October 2015. p. 31. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Warden of Cranmer Hall
1993-1996 		Succeeded by
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Canterbury
1996–2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Jarrow
2002–2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Richard Harries
 Bishop of Oxford
2007–2014 		Succeeded by
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