John Neale (bishop)

John Robert Geoffrey Neale AKC (21 September 1926 – 17 July 2020) was a British Anglican bishop. From 1974 to 1988, he was the first suffragan Bishop of Ramsbury in the Church of England and the first area bishop under that diocese's 1981–2009 area scheme.[1]

The Right Reverend

John Neale
Bishop of Ramsbury
DioceseDiocese of Salisbury
In office1974–1988
SuccessorPeter Vaughan
Other postsHonorary assistant bishop in Bristol (1991–present); in Gloucester (1996–2004); and in Bath & Wells (1991–2008)
Area bishop of Ramsbury (1981–1988)
Archdeacon of Wilts (1974–1980)
Orders
Ordination1955 (deacon); 1956 (priest)
Consecration24 January 1974
Personal details
Born(1926-09-21)21 September 1926
Died17 July 2020(2020-07-17) (aged 93)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsGeoffrey & Stella Wild
ProfessionWriter; army officer
Alma materKing's College London

Neale was educated at Felsted School[2] and then served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He completed his studies at King's College London and St Boniface's Warminster and began his ordained ministry as a curate in St Helier. He was made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1955 (5 June)[3] and ordained a priest the following Trinity Sunday (27 May 1956) — both times by Bertram Simpson, Bishop of Southwark, at Southwark Cathedral.[4] He was then, successively, the chaplain of Ardingly College, Secretary of the Advisory Council for Church Ministry, Canon Missioner for the Diocese of Guildford[5] and Rector of St Peter's Hascombe before his consecration to the episcopate on 24 January 1974[6] by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[7] From October that year[8] until 1980, he also served as Archdeacon of Wilts in the same diocese.[9] Since 1991 he had been an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bristol.[10] His papers are housed at the National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives.[11]

He died in July 2020, at the age of 93.[12]

References
  1. Salisbury Diocesan Synod minutes – 99th session, 7 November 2009 p. 3 (Accessed 23 April 2014)
  2. 'NEALE, John Robert Geoffrey', Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 10 July 2012
  3. "Trinity ordinations". Church Times (#4818). 10 June 1955. p. 9. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. "Trinity ordinations". Church Times (#4870). 15 June 1956. p. 12. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. Crockfords Online- accessed 2 December 2008.
  6. "Dual role for new Bishop of Ramsbury". Church Times (#5786). 4 January 1974. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. "Three bishops in two hours". Church Times (#5790). 1 February 1974. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. "Salisbury's new archdeacons". Church Times (#5827). 18 November 1974. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. "New Archdeacon of Wilts". Church Times (#6118). 16 May 1980. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. Wiltshire Times
  11. NCIDBoMaA
  12. Bishop John Neale RIP
Church of England titles
New title Bishop of Ramsbury
1974–1988		 Succeeded by
Peter Vaughan
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