John Petty (priest)
John Fitzmaurice Petty (born 9 March 1935[1]) is a retired Anglican priest.
Petty was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Cuddesdon Theological College in Oxford and ordained in 1967[2] after an earlier military career with the Royal Engineers lasting 11 years. He was a curate at St Cuthbert's Sheffield[3] and then St Helier, Morden. From 1975 to 1987 he was Vicar of St John's Ashton-under-Lyne[4] when he became Provost of the Cathedral Church of St Michael, Coventry and was later appointed Dean of Coventry, a position he held until his retirement in 2000.[3] Petty is now chaplain at Mount House Residential Home in Shrewsbury, a trustee of the Simeon Trust, and assists at St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury.
Petty married Susan Shakerley in 1962[5] and they have four children.[6]
References
- ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- 1 2 "TheTrustees". Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
- ↑ The Times, 24 December 1962, p10, "Marriages"
- ↑ Who’s Who (ibid)
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| Preceded by Colin Douglas Semper |
Provost of Coventry Cathedral 1988–2000 |
Succeeded by John Dudley Irvine |