John Kempthorne

Who was John Kempthorne?

John Augustine Kempthorne was an Anglican Bishop, the second Bishop of Hull in the modern era from 1910 until 1913, who was then translated to Lichfield where he served until 1937.

John Augustine Kempthorne was the son of the Rev. John Kempthorne, Vicar of Trumpington. He was educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Cambridge. His first post after ordination was as a curate at St Aidan’s, Gateshead. He then held incumbencies at Rochdale, Sunderland, Liverpool and Hessle before elevation to the Episcopate in March 1910 as a Suffragan to the Archbishop of York. He was appointed Bishop of Lichfield in May 1913, and retired in 1937. He died on 24 February 1946.