Denis Wakeling

John Denis Wakeling (12 December 1918 – 10 October 2004) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England.

He was born in Leicester and was educated at St Michael’s Limpsfield, a Church Missionary Society school in Surrey. He studied classics at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

He prepared for the ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge and was ordained in 1948. He was chaplain at Clare College, Cambridge, then vicar of Emmanuel, Plymouth from 1952 to 1959 and of Barking, Essex from 1959 to 1965 when he was appointed the Archdeacon of West Ham.

His appointment as the Bishop of Southwell in Nottinghamshire followed in 1970; he was consecrated at York Minster on Michaelmas day (29 September) 1970.^[1] He was chairman of the Archbishops’ Council on Evangelism from 1976 to 1979.

Wakeling retired to Salisbury in 1984. He married Josephine Broomhall in 1941; they had two sons.

References

↑ "3 consecrations at Michaelmas (Archived; subscription only)". Church Times (#5616). 2 October 1970. p. 5. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 14 April 2015. (subscription required (help)).

Sources

The Times, 19 October 2004.

Religious titles
Preceded by Gordon Savage	Bishop of Southwell 1970–1985	Succeeded by Michael Whinney

Bishops of Southwell

Bishops of Southwell	George Ridding Sir Edwyn Hoskyns Bt Bernard Heywood Henry Mosley Russell Barry Gordon Savage Denis Wakeling Michael Whinney Patrick Harris George Cassidy (became Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham)

Bishops of Southwell and Nottingham	George Cassidy (previously Bishop of Southwell) Paul Butler Tony Porter (Acting) Richard Inwood (Acting) Tony Porter (Acting) Paul Williams

Archdeacons of Essex and of West Ham

High Medieval	Theobald Walter Richard Ruffus Robert Banastre Richard de Hegham Theobald de Valognes Thomas de Fauconberg Hugh de Sancto Edmundo Stephen de Sandwic Richard of Gravesend Adam de Faversham Roger de La Legh Robert Winchelsey Laurence de Fuscis de Bera

Late Medieval	Aldebrand Riccardi de Militiis Hildebrand de Anibaldis Stephen de Segrave John de Elham William Vygerous Robert de Canterbury Hugh de Statherne John de Bouser William de Rothwell John Barnet John de Cantebrugg Roger de Freton Henry de Winterton Richard Prentys Edward Prentys John Shirborne Zanobius Mulakyn James Goldwell John Gunthorpe John Crall Edmund Audley Thomas Jane

Early modern	John de Lopez Francis de Busleiden Richard Rawson Edward Moylle Thomas Darbyshire Thomas Cole John Walker William Tabor Samuel Harsnett George Goldman Edward Layfield Thomas Turner Charles Alston Thomas Gooch Reuben Clerke William Gibson Thomas Rutherforth Stotherd Abdy James Waller

Late modern (Essex)	William Gretton Francis Wollaston Hugh Jones Carew St John-Mildmay James Carey Alfred Blomfield Henry Johnson Thomas Stevens, Bishop of Barking James Inskip, Bishop of Barking (became Archdeacon of West Ham)

West Ham	James Inskip (previously Archdeacon of Essex) Hugh Gough John Elvin Denis Wakeling James Adams John Taylor Peter Dawes Roger Sainsbury Tim Stevens Michael Fox Elwin Cockett

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