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Bishop of Sherborne; Bishop to the Forces

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John Dudley Galtrey Kirkham (20 September 1935 – 10 October 2019) was a British Anglican bishop.
He was the Bishop of Sherborne in the last quarter of the 20th century and the first area bishop under the 1981–2009 area scheme.Kirkham was educated at Lancing College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1962.
His ministry began with a curacy at St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich after which he was Chaplain to Launcelot Fleming, Bishop of Norwich and finally (before his appointment to the episcopate) Canterbury Diocesan Director of Ordinands.He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1962 (30 September) at St Mary's, Woodbridge and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (29 September 1963) at St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich — both times by Arthur Morris, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
He was consecrated a bishop on 30 November 1976, by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Canterbury Cathedral.
On 30 November 1991 he was appointed Chaplain to the Order of St John.He died on 10 October 2019 at the age of 84.

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