About John Petty
Lived 1935 – 2017 (aged 82). John Petty was a British engineer, anglican priest and chaplain.
John Fitzmaurice Petty (9 March 1935 – 23 August 2017) was a British Anglican priest.
Career and ministry Petty was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Cuddesdon Theological College in Oxford and ordained in 1967 after an earlier military career with the Royal Engineers lasting 11 years. He was a curate at St Cuthbert's Sheffield and then St Helier, Morden. From 1975 to 1987 he was Vicar of St John the Evangelist, Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne when he became Provost of the Cathedral Church of St Michael, Coventry and was later appointed Dean of Coventry, a position he held until his retirement in 2000. and they had four children.
He died on 23 August 2017 at the age of 82.
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British chaplain
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John Petty was born on 9 March 1935.
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John Petty died on 23 August 2017.
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John Petty was an engineer, anglican priest and chaplain.
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John Petty was British.
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