John Petty (priest)

John Fitzmaurice Petty (9 March 1935[1] – 23 August 2017) was an Anglican priest.

Petty was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Cuddesdon Theological College in Oxford and ordained in 1967[2] after an earlier military career with the Royal Engineers lasting 11 years. He was a curate at St Cuthbert's Sheffield[3] and then St Helier, Morden. From 1975 to 1987 he was Vicar of St John the Evangelist, Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne[4] when he became Provost of the Cathedral Church of St Michael, Coventry and was later appointed Dean of Coventry, a position he held until his retirement in 2000.[3] Petty later became chaplain at Mount House Residential Home in Shrewsbury, a trustee of the Simeon Trust, and assisted at St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury.

Petty married Susan Shakerley in 1962[5] and they had four children.[6]

He died on 23 August 2017 at the age of 82.[7]

References
  1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. "TheTrustees". Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  4. Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
  5. The Times, 24 December 1962, p10, "Marriages"
  6. Who’s Who (ibid)
  7. Petty
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Colin Douglas Semper		 Provost of Coventry Cathedral
1988–2000		 Succeeded by
John Dudley Irvine


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