John Waine
John Waine was Bishop of Chelmsford from 1986 to 1996; and previously Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich from 1978 to 1986, Bishop of Stafford, 1975–1978. He also served as Clerk of the Closet from 1989 to 1997, and in retirement served as a lay member on the Press Complaints Commission.
Educated at Prescot Grammar School and the University of Manchester, he studied for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at St Mary's, West Derby, as Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, he made his son, Stephen, a deacon, at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.Honours
On 15 November 1996 Waine was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. On 12 November 1999 he was appointed Bailif Grand Cross of the Order of St John.
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