John Chapman (priest)

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The Right Reverend Dom John Chapman OSB
Abbot of Downside
Church	Catholic Church
Installed	1929
Term ended	1933
Predecessor	Leander Ramsay
Successor	Bruno Hicks
Personal details
Born	Henry Chapman 25 April 1865 Suffolk, United Kingdom
Died	7 November 1933 (1933-11-08) (aged 68) Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, United Kingdom
Buried	Downside Abbey
Nationality	British
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)	Abbot of Downside
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

John Chapman OSB (25 April 1865 – 7 November 1933) was an English Roman Catholic priest, the 4th Abbot of Downside Abbey of the English Benedictine Congregation from 1929 until his death, and a New Testament and patristics scholar.

He is best known for having founded one of the private schools in Britain: Worth, in West Sussex.