John Taylor (bishop of Winchester)
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CMS (1963–1974) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Died | 30 January 2001 Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom | (aged 86)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denomination | Anglican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parents | John Taylor & Margaret Irene née Garrett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Peggy née Wright (m. 1940) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | three | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Vernon Taylor (11 September 1914 – 30 January 2001) was an English bishop and theologian who was the Bishop of Winchester from 1974 to 1985.
Education and family
Taylor was born in
His father was later Bishop of Sodor and Man; his mother was Margaret Irene née Garrett. Taylor married Margaret (Peggy) Wright on 5 October 1940, and they had three children.[2]
Priestly ministry
He was ordained in the
In 1945, with the ending of World War II, he moved to
Episcopal ministry
His nomination to the See of Winchester was announced 14 August 1974,
Bibliography
The most notable of his books were The Go-Between God (1972) and The Christlike God (1992), both of which remain in print. Enough is enough (1975) was an early book of the environmentalist movement, making the theological case for resisting consumerism and looking after our planet.
- The Primal Vision: Christian Presence amid African Religion (London: SCM 1963; New Edition, SCM Classics 2001)
- The Go-Between God: The Holy Spirit and the Christian Mission (London: SCM 1972; New Edition, SCM Classics 2002).
- For All the World (1966)
- Enough is enough (London: SCM: 1975)
- The Growth of the Church in Buganda: An Attempt at Understanding (1980)
- Weep Not for Me: Meditations on the Cross and the Resurrection (1986)
- The Christlike God (London: SCM 1992).
- Bishops on the Bible: Eight Bishops on the Role and Relevance of the Bible Today (1994)
- A matter of life and death (London: SCM 1986)
- Kingdom Come (1989)
- A Christmas Sequence and Other Poems (1989)
Posthumous collections:
- The Easter God and his Easter People (2003)
- The Incarnate God (2006)
Biographical:
- Poet, Priest and Prophet by David Wood.
Notes
- ^ Who Was Who erroneously records that he was ordained deacon in 1956 and priest in 1957, whereas both Crockford's and the Church Times record 1938 and 1939, and these are consistent with his first curacy: 1938–1940.
References
- Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 25 June 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75441. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
External links
Obituaries:
- https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,3604,434565,00.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071011083605/http://archive.thisisdorset.net/2001/02/08/104848.html
Christian Mission with John V. Taylor: