John Simpson (priest)


John Simpson

OBE
Dean of Canterbury
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseCanterbury
Installed1986
Term ended2000
PredecessorVictor de Waal
SuccessorRobert Willis
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Canterbury
Orders
Ordination1958 (deacon)
1959 (priest)
Personal details
Born(1933-06-07)7 June 1933
Died(2019-04-24)24 April 2019
DenominationAnglican
SpouseRuth Simpson
Children2 daughters and 1 son
Alma materKeble College, Oxford

John Arthur Simpson OBE (7 June 1933 – 24 April 2019) was an Anglican priest.[1]

  1. ^ "The Very Rev John Simpson, Archdeacon and later Dean of Canterbury who was involved in the visit of Pope John Paul II – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. No. 51, 017. Obituaries. 29 May 2019. p. 27. Retrieved 27 November 2019.