John Thomas Farquhar Paterson (21 December 1938 – 9 September 2005) was an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

priest and author. Paterson was born in Portadown, educated at Portadown College and

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

, Ireland. He was ordained in 1963 and his first posts were curacies in

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and Dublin. After this he was successively priest in charge of St Mark's Dublin, and also assistant chaplain of

; Vicar of St Bartholomew with Christ Church, Leeson Park, Dublin;St Bartholomew’s
Dean of Kildare (1974–1989); and a lecturer in pastoral liturgy at the Church of Ireland Theological College. He became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, in 1989 a post he held for 15 years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paterson, John Thomas Farquhar 1938 births 2005 deaths People from Portadown People educated at Portadown College Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Kildare Deans of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Christian clergy from County Armagh