| Type: | Priest |
| John Lister | |
| Provost of Wakefield | |
| Church: | Church of England |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Wakefield |
| Term: | 1972 to 1982 |
| Predecessor: | Philip Pare |
| Successor: | John Allen |
| Other Post: | Archdeacon of Halifax (1961–1972) |
| Ordination: | 1939 (deacon) 1941 (priest) |
| Birth Name: | John Field Lister |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1916 |
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| Nationality: | British |
| Religion: | Anglicanism |
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| Education: | King's School, Worcester |
| Alma Mater: | Keble College, Oxford Cuddesdon College |
John Field Lister (19 January 1916 – 23 August 2006) was an Anglican priest.[1]
Lister was born on 19 January 1916.[2] He was educated at King's School, Worcester, a private school in Worcester, Worcestershire.[3] He studied theology at Keble College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1938; and proceeded MA in 1942. In 1938, he entered Cuddesdon College, an Anglican theological college, to under a years training for ordained ministry.
Lister was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1939 and as a priest in 1941.[4] He was initially a Curate at St Nicholas Radford.[5] After this he was Curate at St John the Baptist, Coventry[6] and then Vicar of Brighouse. He was Archdeacon of Halifax from 1961 to 1972,[7] when he became Provost of Wakefield – a post he held for a decade. He retired from full-time ministry in 1982.
In retirement, from 1982 to 2003, Lister held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Canterbury. He died on 23 August 2006, aged 90.[8]