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John Satterthwaite

1925 – 2014

Bishop in Europe; Bishop of Fulham and Gibraltar

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Lived 1925 – 2014 (aged 88). John Satterthwaite was a British anglican priest.

John Richard Satterthwaite (17 November 192523 May 2014 ) was an English bishop in the Church of England. He was Bishop of Gibraltar and at the same time Bishop of Fulham (the suffragan bishop charged by the Bishop of London with the oversight of Anglican congregations in Northern and Central Europe), during which appointments he was called "Bishop of Fulham and Gibraltar". for the last third of the 20th century.

Satterthwaite was educated at the University of Leeds and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He was ordained a deacon at Michaelmas 1950 (1 October) at St George's Church, Barrow-in-Furness and a priest the following Michaelmas (23 September 1951) at Carlisle Cathedral — both times by Thomas Bloomer, Bishop of Carlisle. He began his ordained ministry with curacies at St Barnabas's Carlisle and St Michael Paternoster Royal in the City of London, after which he was Vicar of St Dunstan-in-the-West before being ordained to the episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on 28 October 1970, by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury (with ecumenical assistance), at Westminster Abbey; and died on 23 May 2014.

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University of Leeds, College of the Resurrection, Millom School
Positions held
Bishop of Fulham, Bishop in Europe
Also known as
John Richard Satterthwaite

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Who was John Satterthwaite?

Bishop in Europe; Bishop of Fulham and Gibraltar (1925-2014)

When was John Satterthwaite born?

John Satterthwaite was born on 17 November 1925.

When did John Satterthwaite die?

John Satterthwaite died on 23 May 2014.

What was John Satterthwaite's occupation?

John Satterthwaite was an anglican priest.

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John Satterthwaite was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Satterthwaite

· Wikidata: Q14949211

· DBpedia: John Satterthwaite

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