John Finney

Religious Leader

1932 –

50

Who is John Finney?

John Thornley Finney was the eighth Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract.

He was educated at Charterhouse and Hertford College, Oxford. Ordained in 1958, he began his career with curacies in Headington and Aylesbury and was then successively Rector of Tollerton, Vicar of St Margarets Aspley Adviser in Evangelism to the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and then Officer for the Decade of Evangelism before ascending to the Episcopate - a post he held from 1993 until 1998. An eminent author, in retirement he continues to minister, as an honorary assistant bishop within the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.

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Born
May 1, 1932
Education
  • Charterhouse School

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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