John Delight Explained

The Venerable John David Delight (24 August 1925 - 16 February 2013) was a British clergyman who served as Archdeacon of Stoke from 1982 to 1990.^[1]

Early life and education

Delight was educated at Christ's Hospital,^[2] the University of Liverpool, Oak Hill Theological College, the Open University (BA Theology 1955) and Ripon Hall, Oxford.^[3]

Career

After wartime service in the RNVR he served curacies at Tooting Graveney and Wallington. He was then:

• Travelling Secretary of the Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Students from 1958 to 1961
• Curate-in-Charge (Vicar from 1968) at St Christopher, Leicester from 1961 to 1969
• Chaplain of HM Prison Leicester from 1962 to 1967
• Rector of Aldridge from 1969 to 1982
• Rural Dean of Walsall from 1981 to 1982
• Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral from 1980 to 1990
• Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent from 1982 to 1990
• Diocesan Director of Theological Education and Honorary Canon of All Souls' Cathedral, Machakos, Kenya from 1990 to 1994.^{[4] [5]}

Death

Delight died in February 2013 at the age of 87.

Notes and References

1. http://aldridgeparishchurch.org/apcevents2013/JohnDelight/jd.htm Aldridge Parish Church
2. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article3700127.ece The Times
3. ‘EDE, Ven. Dennis’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
4. ‘DELIGHT, Ven. John David’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, April 2016 accessed 4 Feb 2017
5. https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2013/22-february/gazette/deaths/deaths Church Times, deaths, 22 February 2013