John Ball

John Martin Ball (11 December 1934 – 5 September 2016) was a British Anglican bishop. He was Assistant Bishop of Central Tanganyika in the Anglican Church of Tanzania, and retired to the Church of England.

Ball graduated from the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1955, before attending Tyndale Hall, Bristol, training for the priesthood. He was ordained a deacon at Michaelmas (20 September) 1959 by Anthony Hoskyns-Abrahall, Bishop of Lancaster to serve as curate of St Jude's Blackburn until 1963. and at Nakuru Cathedral (1971–1975) and then Vicar of St Francis in the Diocese of Central Tanganyika, Anglican Church of Tanzania, in which post he served until his 2000 retirement. He retired back to the United Kingdom, where he was licensed an honorary assistant bishop of the Diocese of Chelmsford from 2000 until his death; and where he would preach at Holy Trinity Springfield, Essex. He was married to Anne, and they had three children.