John Ashton

Deceased Person

1866 – 1964

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Who was John Ashton?

John William Ashton was the second Bishop of Grafton.

Ashton was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield and the University College, Oxford before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate at All Saints' Northampton. In 1896 he emigrated to Australia where he was Rector of St Andrew’s Brisbane and then Vicar of East St Kilda before his ordination to the episcopate. He died on 20 March 1964.

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Born
1866
Died
Mar 20, 1964

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on July 23, 2013

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