John Holbrook
|
The Right Reverend John Holbrook |
|
|---|---|
| Bishop of Brixworth | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Peterborough |
| In office | 2011–present |
| Predecessor | Frank White |
| Other posts |
Rural Dean of Wimborne (2004–2011) Acting Bishop of Leicester (2015–2016) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1986 |
| Consecration | 2 June 2011 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 June 1962 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Elizabeth |
| Children | 1 son and 1 daughter: Thomas and Anna |
| Alma mater | St Peter's College, Oxford |
John Edward Holbrook (born 14 June 1962) is a Church of England bishop. He is the Bishop of Brixworth in the Diocese of Peterborough. He had been Rural Dean of Wimborne in the Diocese of Salisbury and served as Acting Bishop of Leicester (of the Diocese of Leicester).
Holbrook grew up in Bristol where he was educated at the Bristol Cathedral Choir School. As an undergraduate he studied theology at St Peter's College, Oxford, where he obtained his MA (Oxbridge MA after a BA(Hons)).
Holbrook attended theological college at Ridley Hall, Cambridge and was ordained a deacon in 1986 and a priest in 1987. His first ordained ministry position was as a curate at St Mary the Virgin, Barnes, London. In 1989, he moved to St. Mary's Church, Bletchley as senior curate and curate-in-charge of Whaddon Way Ecumenical Church (an Anglican-Baptist local ecumenical partnership (LEP). In 1993 he became the Vicar of Adderbury with Milton and, from 2000, also the Rural Dean of Deddington.
...
Wikipedia