John Ramsbotham


John Ramsbotham
Bishop of Wakefield
ChurchChurch of England
ProvinceProvince of York
DioceseDiocese of Wakefield
In office1958–1967
PredecessorRoger Wilson
SuccessorEric Treacy
Other post(s)Bishop of Jarrow, Diocese of Durham (1950–1958)
Orders
Ordination1929 (deacon)
1930 (priest)
Consecration1950
Personal details
Born
John Alexander Ramsbotham

(1906-02-25)25 February 1906
Died16 December 1989(1989-12-16) (aged 83)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Spouse
Eirian Morgan Owen
(m. 1933⁠–⁠1988)
Children5
EducationHaileybury and Imperial Service College
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge

John Alexander Ramsbotham[1] (25 February 1906 – 16 December 1989) was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the middle third of the 20th century.