John Went

This article is about the bishop. For the Protestant martyr, see John Went (martyr).

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
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Gloucester
Installed	1996
Term ended	2 March 2013 (retired)[1][2]
Predecessor	Jeremy Walsh
Successor	Martyn Snow
Other post(s)	Archdeacon of Surrey (1989–1996)
Orders
Ordination	29 September 1969 (deacon); 29 September 1970 (priest) by Robert Stopford (deacon); Graham Leonard (priest)
Consecration	25 January 1996 by George Carey
Personal details
Born	(1944-03-11) 11 March 1944 (age 81)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Rosemary Dunn (m. 1968)
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

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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]

Styles

• The Reverend John Went (1969–1989)
• The Venerable John Went (1989–1996)
• The Right Reverend John Went (1996–present)