John Stuart Bain (born 12 October 1955) has been Archdeacon of Sunderland since 2002.
White was educated at Van Mildert College, Durham and Westcott House, Cambridge.
Bain was ordained in 1981 and served curacies in Washington and Dunston. He was Area Dean of Auckland from 1996 to 2002; was made an Honorary Canon of Durham Cathedral from 1998 to 2002; and Archdeacon of Sunderland in 2002.
Bain married Angela Forster in 1978: they have two sons and one daughter.