John Walter Evans (22 February 1919 – 24 November 1988) was
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...
of
Malta
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from 1975 to 1978.
Evans was born in 1919 and studied at
Durham University
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as a member of
St Chad's College, completing his
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in 1941. After theological studies at
Ripon College Cuddesdon, he was
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 1942.
After a
curacy at
Roath he became
Chaplain
A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...
of
Barnard Castle School. He was
Vicar
A vicar (; Latin: ''vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pref ...
of
Hammersmith
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...
from 1965 to 1975.
In retirement, Evans lived in
Huntington, Cheshire
Huntington is a village and civil parish on the southern outskirts of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
In the 2001 census the population of the entire civil paris ...
. He died there on 24 November 1988, at the age of 69.
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1919 births
1988 deaths
20th-century Maltese Anglican priests
Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon
Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham
Archdeacons of Malta
Royal Navy chaplains
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