John Lewis (archdeacon of Cheltenham)

English Anglican clergyman (1934–2024)

John Arthur Lewis (4 October 1934 – 15 July 2024) was an English Anglican clergyman who was Archdeacon of Cheltenham from 1988 to 1998.

Biography

Born on 4 October 1934, Lewis was educated at Jesus College, Oxford and ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1960. After curacies in Prestbury and Wimborne Minster he held incumbencies in Nailsworth and Cirencester until his Archdeacon's appointment.

Lewis died on 15 July 2024, at the age of 89.

Church news The Times (London, England), Monday, April 27, 1998; pg. 25; Issue 66186
Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p588 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
‘LEWIS, Ven. John Arthur’’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 16 April 2013
"Deaths". Church Times. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

Church of England titles
Preceded byEric Evans	Archdeacon of Cheltenham 1988–1998	Succeeded byHedley Ringrose

v t e Archdeacons of Cirencester and of Cheltenham
Cirencester	Henry Rudge Hayward John Sinclair Reginald Waterfield (became Archdeacon of Cheltenham)
Cheltenham	Reginald Waterfield (previously Archdeacon of Cirencester) George Gardner Alan Cornwall Frederick Sears Edmund Murray Ronald Sutch George Hutchins Eric Evans John Lewis Hedley Ringrose Robert Springett Phil Andrew

v t e Diocese of Gloucester
Gloucester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Gloucester Church House, Gloucester
Office holders	Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester Robert Springett, Bishop suffragan of Tewkesbury AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Andrew Zihni, Dean of Gloucester Hilary Dawson, Archdeacon of Gloucester Archdeacon of Cheltenham (vacant)
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cirencester (1882–1919; renamed to Archdeacon of Cheltenham)

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