John Lister (priest)

The Very Revd John Field Lister MA (19 January 1916 – 23 August 2006)^[1][2] was an eminent Anglican priest in the latter part of the 20th century.^[3]

Lister was educated at King's School, Worcester and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1939 ^[4] and was initially a Curate at St Nicholas Radford.^[5] After this he was Curate at St John the Baptist, Coventry ^[6] and then Vicar of Brighouse. He was Archdeacon of Halifax from 1961 to 1972,^[7] when he became Provost of Wakefield – a post he held for a decade.

References

1. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
2. Obituaries: Keble College, Oxford
3. Telegraph Obituary
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP 1940
5. Flickr
6. Church web site
7. Yorkshire Post Obituary