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The Right Reverend

John Taylor
Bishop Emeritus of Glasgow and Galloway
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseGlasgow and Galloway
In office1991-1996
PredecessorDerek Rawcliffe
SuccessorIdris Jones
Orders
Ordination1956
Consecration1991
Personal details
Born (1931-05-23) 23 May 1931 (age 93)
DenominationAnglican
SpouseEdna Elizabeth Taylor
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen

John Mitchell Taylor (born 23 May 1931) was Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway from 1991 to 1996.[1]

Biography

He was born on 23 May 1931; m 1959, Edna Elizabeth and educated at Banff Academy and Aberdeen University[2] and ordained after a period of study at Edinburgh Theological College in 1956.[3] He was Assistant Curate at St Margaret, Aberdeen and then Rector of (successively) Holy Cross, Glasgow, St Ninian, in the same city and St John the Evangelist, Dumfries, his final appointment before elevation to the Episcopate.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  2. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. ^ Crockford’s 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ^ list of Bishops of Glasgow & Galloway Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
Scottish Episcopal Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
1991 – 1996 		Succeeded by


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