John Oliver (Archdeacon of Leeds)

John Michael Oliver (b 7 September 1939) was Archdeacon of Leeds from 1992 to 2005.[1]

Oliver was educated at Ripon Grammar School and St David's College, Lampeter and ordained in 1965. After curacies in Harrogate and Bramley he was Vicar of St Mary, Harrogate from 1972 to 1978; then St Mary with St David, Beeston until 1992. He was Ecumenical Officer for Leeds from 1980 to 1986; Rural Dean of Armley from 1986 to 1992; and an Honorary Canon of Ripon Cathedral from 1987 to 1992.[2]

Notes

‘OLIVER, Ven. John Michael’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, November 2014 accessed 3 November 2015
Crockford's Clerical Directory 2000-2001 p 541 London, Church House Publishing, 2000 ISBN 0715181068

Archdeacons of Leeds
Archdeacons of Ripon	Arthur Waugh Lucius Smith (became Archdeacon of Leeds)
Lucius Smith (previously Archdeacon of Ripon) Paul de Labilliere Donald Bartlett Lovell Clarke Charles Ellison Alfred Page Tony Comber John Oliver Peter Burrows Paul Hooper Arani Sen (acting) Paul Ayers

Office holders

Diocesan bishop	Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds
Area bishops	Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Ripon Jonathan Gibbs, Bishop of Huddersfield Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford Paul Slater, Bishop of Kirkstall (area bishop for Leeds)
Other bishops	AEO: the area Bishop of Wakefield
Deans	Jerry Lepine, Dean of Bradford John Dobson, Dean of Ripon Simon Cowling, Dean of Wakefield
Archdeacons	Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract Anne Dawtry, Archdeacon of Halifax Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Ayers, Archdeacon of Leeds Jonathan Gough, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven

Predecessor offices

diocesan Bishops of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999), of Wakefield (1888–2014) and of Bradford (1919–2014)
Bishop suffragan of Penrith (1888–1889; reappointed to Richmond)
Bishops suffragan of Knaresborough (renamed Ripon), of Pontefract (renamed Wakefield) and of Richmond (renamed Kirstall)
Provost of Bradford (1930–2000; see Dean of Bradford)
Provost of Wakefield (1931–2000; see Dean of Wakefield)
Archdeacon of Craven (1836–2014; merged into Richmond and Craven)
Archdeacon of Halifax (1888–1927; renamed Pontefract)
Archdeacon of Huddersfield (1888–1927; renamed Halifax)
Archdeacon of Ripon (1894–1921; renamed Archdeacon of Leeds)

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