John Pritchard (bishop)


John Pritchard
Bishop of Oxford
Pritchard at the 2007 St Giles' Fair, Oxford
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Oxford
In office2007 – 31 October 2014 (retired)[1]
PredecessorRichard Harries
SuccessorSteven Croft
Other post(s)Bishop of Jarrow
2002–2006
Orders
Ordination1972 (deacon)
1973 (priest)
ConsecrationJanuary 2002
by David Hope
Personal details
Born (1948-04-22) 22 April 1948 (age 76)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
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 Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Oxford from 2007 to 2014. He is in the Open Evangelical tradition.

  1. ^ Diocese of Oxford – Bishop John lays down his staff (Accessed 1 November 2014)
  2. ^ ‘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 "Diocese of Oxford — Bishops and Archdeacons". Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.

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