- John Denis Wakeling
John Denis Wakeling was an
Anglican Bishop in theChurch of England .He was born in Leicester on
12 December 1918 . He was educated at St Michael’s, Limpsfield, aChurch Missionary Society school inSurrey . He read classics atSt Catharine's College, Cambridge .He prepared for the ministry at
Ridley Hall, Cambridge and was ordained in 1948. He was chaplain atClare College, Cambridge , then vicar of Emmanuel, Plymouth, from 1952 to 1959 and of Barking, Essex from 1959 to 1965 when he was appointedArchdeacon of West Ham .His appointment as
Bishop of Southwell inNottinghamshire followed in 1970. He was chairman of theArchbishops’ Council on Evangelism from 1976 to 1979.He retired to Dorset in 1984 and died on
10 October 2004 .Family
He married Josephine Broomhall in 1941. They had three sons.
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*The Times, 19 October 2004.
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