John Frank Ewan Bone (28 August 1930 – 5 July 2014) was the area Bishop of Reading (Church of England) from 1989 until 1996.[1][2]
John Bone | |
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Bishop of Reading | |
Diocese | Diocese of Oxford |
In office | 1989–1996 |
Predecessor | Graham Foley |
Successor | Dominic Walker |
Other post(s) | Honorary assistant bishop in Oxford (1996–present) Archdeacon of Buckingham (1978–1989) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1956 (deacon); c. 1957 (priest) |
Consecration | 1989 |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 August 1930 |
Died | 5 July 2014 | (aged 83)
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Jack & Herberta |
Spouse | Ruth Crudgington (m. 1954) |
Children | 3 sons; 2 daughters |
Alma mater | St Peter's College, Oxford |
He was educated at Monkton Combe School and St Peter's College, Oxford (gaining an Oxford Master of Arts {MA Oxon}) before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Gabriel's, Warwick Square.[3] After incumbencies at Datchet and Slough he was appointed Rural Dean of Burnham[4] and then (his final appointment before ordination to the episcopacy) Archdeacon of Buckingham.[5]
He died in 2014:[6] his Church Times obituary stated that he was
"a great example of the quiet, reliable bishop who was trusted by many, worked hard, and never sought the limelight.[7] "