About John Taylor
Lived 1912 – 1971 (aged 58). John Taylor was a British anglican priest.
Francis John Taylor (13 November 1912 – 4 July 1971) was the third Bishop of Sheffield from 1962.
Born on 13 November 1912 and educated at Hymers College and The Queen's College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1937 and began his career with a curacy at Walcot, Bath. He was then a Tutor, Lecturer and Chaplain at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford after which he was Vicar of Christ Church, Claughton, Merseyside. From 1954, he was Principal of Wycliffe, a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. He was ordained into bishop's orders on St James's Day 1962 (25 July), by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, at York Minster. He died in post on 4 July 1971 aged 58.
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Bishop of Sheffield (1912-1971)
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John Taylor was born on 13 November 1912.
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John Taylor died on 4 July 1971.
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John Taylor was an anglican priest.
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John Taylor was British.
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