Honorific-Prefix: | The Rt Revd |
John Finney | |
Honorific-Suffix: | BA(Oxon) DipTh |
Bishop of Pontefract | |
Diocese: | Diocese of Wakefield |
Term: | 1993–1998 |
Predecessor: | Richard Hare |
Successor: | David James |
Other Post: | Honorary assistant bishop in Southwell (1998–present) |
Ordination: | 1958 (deacon); (priest) |
Consecration: | 1993 |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1932 |
Religion: | Anglican |
Parents: | Arthur & Elaine |
Spouse: | Sheila Russell (m. 1959) |
Children: | 3 daughters |
Profession: | Author (evangelism) |
Alma Mater: | Hertford College, Oxford |
John Thornley Finney (born 1 May 1932) was the eighth Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract.[1]
He was educated at Charterhouse and Hertford College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1958, he began his career with curacies in Headington and Aylesbury[3] and was then successively Rector of Tollerton, Vicar of St Margarets Aspley[4] Adviser in Evangelism to the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and then Officer for the Decade of Evangelism before ascending to the Episcopate[5] – a post he held from 1993 until 1998. An eminent author,[6] in retirement he continues to minister, as an honorary assistant bishop within the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.