John Evans (archdeacon of Malta)

John Walter Evans (22 February 1919 – 24 November 1988) was Archdeacon of Malta from 1975^[1] to 1978.^[2]

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Evans was born in 1919 and studied at Durham University as a member of St Chad's College, completing his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941.^[3] After theological studies at Ripon College Cuddesdon, he was ordained in 1942.

After a curacy at Roath he became Chaplain of Barnard Castle School. He was Vicar of Hammersmith from 1965 to 1975.

In retirement, Evans lived in Huntington, Cheshire.^[4] He died there on 24 November 1988, at the age of 69.^[5][6]