John Clarke (dean of Wells)

John Martin Clarke^[1] was Dean of Wells from 2004^[2] until his retirement on 31 December 2015.

He was born on 20 February 1952 and attended West Buckland School, Hertford College, Oxford and Edinburgh University.^[3] After a period of study at Edinburgh Theological College he was ordained in 1977.^[4] His career began with a curacy at The Ascension, Kenton, Newcastle,^[5] after which he was precentor of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth, then the information officer and communications advisor to the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church. From 1989 to 1996 he was vicar of St Mary, Battersea,^[6] then principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon and finally (before his appointment to the deanery) a residentiary canon at Lincoln Cathedral.^[7]

As part of his duties as dean of Wells Cathedral he is also chairman of the governors at Wells Cathedral School.

Since 2011, Clarke has been one of the Church Commissioners, the body which manages the assets of the Church of England.^[8]

References

↑ Communion
↑ Official notification of appointment
↑ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
↑ Genuki
↑ Church web site
↑ Debrett's People of Today London, 2008 Debrett's, ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
↑ "The Church Commissioners". Church of England. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Richard Lewis	Dean of Wells 2004 – 2015	TBA

Deans of Wells

High Medieval	Ivo Richard de Spakeston Alexander Leonius Ralph of Lechlade Peter of Chichester William of Merton John Saracenus Giles of Bridport Edward of Cnoll Thomas Bytton William Burnell Walter Haselshaw

Late Medieval	Henry Husee John Godelee Richard of Bury Wibert of Littleton Walter of London Thomas Fastolf John of Carleton Stephen Penpel John Fordham Thomas Thebaud Henry Beaufort Nicholas Slake Thomas Tuttebury Richard Courtenay Walter Medeford John Stafford John Forest Nicholas Carent William Witham John Gunthorpe

Early modern	William Cosyn Thomas Wynter Richard Woleman Thomas Cromwell William Fitzjames John Goodman William Turner Robert Weston Valentine Dale John Herbert Benjamin Heydon Richard Meredith Ralph Barlow George Warburton Walter Ralegh Robert Creighton Ralph Bathurst William Grahme Matthew Brailsford Isaac Maddox John Harris Samuel Creswicke Lord Francis Seymour

Late modern	George Lukin Hon Henry Ryder Edmund Goodenough Richard Jenkyns George Johnson Edward Plumptre Thomas Jex-Blake Armitage Robinson Richard Malden Frederic Harton Christopher Woodforde Irven Edwards Patrick Mitchell Richard Lewis John Clarke Andrew Featherstone (Acting)

Diocese of Bath and Wells

Wells Cathedral Bishop's Palace, Wells Bath Abbey Glastonbury Abbey (ruins)

Office holders	Peter Hancock, Bishop of Bath and Wells Ruth Worsley, Bishop suffragan of Taunton AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Acting Dean of Wells, Andrew Featherstone John Reed, Archdeacon of Taunton Andy Piggott, Archdeacon of Bath Nicola Sullivan, Archdeacon of Wells

Historic offices	For the Bishops of Wells (10th century–1090), Bishops of Bath (1090–1197 & 1219–1245) and Bishops of Bath and Glastonbury (1197–1219), see Bishop of Bath and Wells

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