John Stewart Went (born 11 March 1944) was the Anglican Bishop of Tewkesbury, the suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Gloucester, from 25 January 1996 until 2 March 2013.

John Went
former Bishop of Tewkesbury
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Gloucester
Installed1996
Term ended2 March 2013 (retired)[1][2]
PredecessorJeremy Walsh
SuccessorMartyn Snow
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Surrey (1989–1996)
Orders
Ordination29 September 1969 (deacon); 29 September 1970 (priest)
by Robert Stopford (deacon); Graham Leonard (priest)
Consecration25 January 1996
by George Carey
Personal details
Born (1944-03-11) 11 March 1944 (age 80)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseRosemary Dunn (m. 1968)
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge

He was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[3] He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1969 (29 September), by Robert Stopford, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral,[4] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (29 September 1970), by Graham Leonard, Bishop of Willesden, at St Mary's, Willesden.[5] Went married Rosemary Dunn[3] in 1968 before embarking on a clerical career with a curacy in Northwood, London[6] followed by an incumbency at Margate. Vice-principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford[7] from 1983 until 1989 when he became Archdeacon of Surrey. In 1996 he became the suffragan Bishop of Tewkesbury;[8] he was consecrated a bishop on 25 January 1996[9] by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[10]

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  1. ^ "Bishop of Tewkesbury to retire in March" (Press release). Gloucester Diocese. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. ^ [1] (Accessed 4 March 2013)
  3. ^ a b Who's Who 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3514-2
  4. ^ "Michaelmas Ordinations". Church Times. No. 5564. 3 October 1969. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 5616. 2 October 1970. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ^ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis, P (1992, London, Debtrett's) p 1621 ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
  7. ^ Crockfords, (London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
  8. ^ Crockfords, (London, Church House 1995) online [2]
  9. ^ "New bishop for Gloucestershire". Church Times. No. 6912. 4 August 1995. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. ^ [3] & [4]
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Tewkesbury
1996–2013
Succeeded by