John Kidman Stuart Ridley Barker (1912–1992) was

Dean of Cloyne The Dean of Cloyne is based at the Cloyne Cathedral, Cathedral Church of St Coleman in Cloyne in the Diocese of Cloyne within the united Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, bishopric of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The incumbent is Rev. Susan Green. List ...

from 1973 until 1984. He was educated at

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

and

Lichfield Theological College Lichfield Theological College was founded in 1857 to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Church of England. It was located on the south side of the Cathedral Close in Lichfield, Staffordshire and closed in 1972. Notable staff * Cecil Cherrin ...

; and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1936. After

curacies A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy ...

Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimated ...

Barnard Castle Barnard Castle (, ) is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, Northern England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes Museum's has an 18th-century Silver Swan automato ...

and

Castleside Castleside is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the south-west of Consett. The village centre is located on the main A68 road which runs between Edinburgh and Darlington and the village crossroads allow ...

he held incumbencies at

Cornforth Cornforth is a village in County Durham, England. It is adjacent to the village of West Cornforth, situated a short distance to the north-east of Ferryhill. Before the middle part of the Victorian era, when coal mining was at its height in Coun ...

Warter Warter is a small village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of Pocklington on the B1246 road and from the city of York. According to the United Kingdom Cen ...

and

Over Whitacre Over Whitacre is a hamlet in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 411. It is one of 'The Whitacres' – Over Whitacre, Nether Whitacre and Whitacre Heath, ...

until his appointment as

Dean Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * ...

.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' p57 London: Oxford University Press, 1976

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1912 births Alumni of Lichfield Theological College 20th-century Irish Anglican priests Deans of Cloyne 1992 deaths Alumni of University College, Durham {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub