St John Pike

Who was St John Pike?

The Rt Rev St John Surridge Pike was an Anglican Bishop in the third quarter of the twentieth century. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1934, he began his career with a Curacy at Taney. After this he was Head of the Southern Church Mission, Ballymacarrett then Rector of St George’s, Belfast. In 1958 he was elevated to the Episcopate as Bishop of Gambia and the Rio Pongas. On his return from Africa he became an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Guildford held incumbencies at Ewshot, Chertsey and Longcross.