John Saxbee
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The Right Reverend John Saxbee |
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| Bishop of Lincoln | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Lincoln |
| In office | 2001/2 – 31 January 2011 (retirement) |
| Predecessor | Bob Hardy |
| Successor | Christopher Lowson |
| Other posts | Bishop of Ludlow (1994–2002) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1972 (deacon) 1973 (priest) |
| Consecration | 1994 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 January 1946 Bristol |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Jackie Saxbee |
| Children | 1 daughter, Helen Saxbee |
| Alma mater |
University of Bristol St John's College, Durham |
John Charles Saxbee (born 7 January 1946) is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England between 2001/2 and 31 January 2011. He was introduced to the House of Lords as a new Lord Spiritual on 1 July 2008 together with Eliza Manningham-Buller, former Director-General of MI5.
Bristol-born, Saxbee was educated at the University of Bristol where he obtained a BA degree in 1968. He subsequently went on to complete his PhD degree at St John's College, Durham in 1974. He trained for the priesthood at Cranmer Hall in Durham and was ordained in Exeter Cathedral as a deacon in 1972 and a priest in 1973. From 1972 he was curate at Compton Gifford in the Diocese of Exeter before moving to Weston Mill in the same diocese as priest-in-charge in 1977. He later became Vicar of St Philips in Weston Mill before moving to become Team Vicar of Central Exeter Team Ministry in 1981; a post he held until 1987. He was Joint Director of the South West Ministerial Training Course between 1981 and 1992 and was a member of the General Synod's House of Clergy between 1985 and 1994.
He became a prebendary at Exeter Cathedral in 1988 until his appointment as Archdeacon of Ludlow and a prebendary of Hereford Cathedral in 1992. Between 1992 and 1994 he was also priest-in-charge of Wistanstow and Acton Scott. He was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Ludlow in 1994 whilst remaining Archdeacon of Ludlow. He relinquished both posts when he took up his role as Bishop of Lincoln in 2002, his appointment having been announced on 4 September 2001 and his election confirmed late December 2001/early January 2002. He was installed at Lincoln Cathedral on 23 March 2002. Saxbee is also an academic writer having published Liberal Evangelism: a flexible response to the decade in 1994.
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