John Waine (20 June 193029 December 2020) was Bishop of Chelmsford from 1986 to 1996; and previously Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich from 1978 to 1986, Bishop of Stafford, 1975–1978. He also served as

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from 1989 to 1997, and in retirement served as a lay member on the

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. Educated at Prescot Grammar School and the

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, he studied for ordination at

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before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a

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at St Mary's Church, West Derby, Liverpool; served a second curacy in Sutton Parish (in the same diocese); Incumbencies at Ditton,

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and

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in the same diocese followed, before consecration to the

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on 24 June 1975 by

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, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. He was translated to become Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in November 1978, serving until he became Bishop of Chelmsford in 1986. Having become Bishop of Chelmsford shortly beforehand at the confirmation of his

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, he was enthroned at Chelmsford Cathedral on 31 May 1986 and he retired on 30 April 1996. He received an honorary doctorate from the

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. Waine was also the Prelate of the

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until 24 June 2007. At

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1984 (1 July), as Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, he made his son,

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(now Dean of Chichester), a deacon, at St Edmundsbury Cathedral (by letters dimissory from the vacant See of Lichfield).

Honours

On 15 November 1996, Waine was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO). On 12 November 1999 he was appointed Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St John (GCStJ). Honour Ribbons: * Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon

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(GCVO) *

: Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St. John (GCStJ)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waine, John 1930 births Clerks of the Closet Bishops of Stafford Bishops of Chelmsford Bishops of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Alumni of the University of Manchester 2020 deaths People educated at Prescot Grammar School 20th-century Church of England bishops