John Bone (bishop)

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John Frank Ewan Bone (28 August 1930 – 5 July 2014) was the area Bishop of Reading (Church of England) from 1989 until 1996.^[1][2]

John Bone
Bishop of Reading
Diocese	Diocese of Oxford
In office	1989–1996
Predecessor	Graham Foley
Successor	Dominic Walker
Other post(s)	Honorary assistant bishop in Oxford (1996–present) Archdeacon of Buckingham (1978–1989)
Orders
Ordination	1956 (deacon); c. 1957 (priest)
Consecration	1989
Personal details
Born	(1930-08-28)28 August 1930
Died	5 July 2014(2014-07-05) (aged 83)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Jack & Herberta
Spouse	Ruth Crudgington (m. 1954)
Children	3 sons; 2 daughters
Alma mater	St Peter's College, Oxford

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He was educated at Monkton Combe School and St Peter's College, Oxford (gaining an Oxford Master of Arts {MA Oxon}) before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Gabriel's, Warwick Square.^[3] After incumbencies at Datchet and Slough he was appointed Rural Dean of Burnham^[4] and then (his final appointment before ordination to the episcopacy) Archdeacon of Buckingham.^[5]

He died in 2014:^[6] his Church Times obituary stated that he was

"a great example of the quiet, reliable bishop who was trusted by many, worked hard, and never sought the limelight.^[7] "