John Witcombe

John Witcombe is the Dean of Coventry in the Church of England.^[1]

After ordination in 1984, he served in Birtley, County Durham before moving to be the team Vicar of St Barnabas, Inham Nook, Nottingham.^[2] He was then vicar of St Luke’s, Lodge Moor, Sheffield the Team Rector in Uxbridge and later Dean of St John's College, Nottingham. Before his appointment as Dean of Coventry, Witcombe was the Diocese of Gloucester's Diocesan Directors of Ordinands and then Director of Discipleship and Ministry, and a Residentiary Canon at Gloucester Cathedral. He is a member of General Synod^[3] and is a national advisor for selecting potential clergy for the Church of England.^[4]

Works

Editor of The Curate's Guide: From calling to first parish (Church House Publishing 2005) ISBN 9780715142035^[5]

Author with John Leach of Grove books 'Hanging on to God: sustaining ministry in the renewal tradition' (Grove Books, 2008) ISBN 978 1 85174 693 4 ^[6]

Author with John Leach and Mark Tanner of Grove Books 'Renewing the Traditional Church' (Grove Books, 2005) ISBN 1851745130 ^[7]

Personal life

Witcombe is married to Ricarda, who is also a priest. They married in 2000 after the death of his first wife Rev. Maureen Edwards. The couple share a son and four daughters:^[8] Joseph, Abi, Anna, Tabitha and Emily.^[9]

Styles

Mr John Witcome
The Revd John Witcombe
The Revd Canon John Witcombe (?–2013)
The Very Revd John Witcombe (2013–present)

Notes

Provosts and Deans of Coventry

Provosts	Cyril Morton Richard Howard Harold Williams Colin Semper John Petty

Deans	John Petty Stuart Beake John Irvine Tim Pullen John Witcombe

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Irvine	Dean of Coventry 2013–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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