Peter Vaughan (bishop)

Peter St George Vaughan (27 November 1930 – 4 April 2020) was the area Bishop of Ramsbury from 1989 to 1998.^[2]

The Right Reverend Peter Vaughan
Bishop of Ramsbury
Diocese	Diocese of Salisbury
In office	1989–1998
Predecessor	John Neale
Successor	Peter Hullah
Other posts	Honorary assistant bishop in Gloucester (2005–2011) and in Bristol (2002–2011); in Bradford (1998–2001) Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness (1983–1989)
Orders
Ordination	1957 (deacon); 1958 (priest)
Consecration	1989
Personal details
Born	(1930-11-27)27 November 1930[1]
Died	4 April 2020(2020-04-04) (aged 89)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Dr Victor & Dorothy
Spouse	Elisabeth Parker (m. 1961)
Children	1 son; 2 daughters
Alma mater	Selwyn College, Cambridge

Vaughan was educated at Charterhouse School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate at Birmingham Parish Church, followed by an appointment as a chaplain to The Oxford Pastorate based at St Aldate's Church, Oxford. He was then the vicar of Christ Church Galle Face, Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 1967 to 1972 before becoming the precentor of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland and then principal of Crowther Hall, the Church Mission Society college at Selly Oak, and then (his final appointment before ordination to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness.^[3] In retirement he became a house-for-duty assistant bishop of Bradford until 2001,^[4] then as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bristol and Diocese of Gloucester.^[5]

He died in April 2020 at the age of 89.^[6]