John Flack (bishop)
John Robert Flack (born 30 May 1942) is an English Anglican bishop. He is a former Bishop of Huntingdon and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
John Flack | |
|---|---|
| Director, Anglican Centre in Rome & Archbishop's Representative to the Holy See | |
| Church | Church of England |
| In office | 2003–2008 (retired) |
| Predecessor | Richard Garrard |
| Successor | David Richardson |
| Other post(s) | Priest-in-charge, Nassington with Yarwell and Woodnewton with Apethorpe (2008–2012) Bishop of Huntingdon (1997–2003) Archdeacon of Pontefract (1992–1997) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1966 (deacon); 1967 (priest) |
| Consecration | 8 January 1997[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1942 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Edwin & Joan |
| Spouse | Julia Slaughter (m. 1968; died 2021) |
| Children | Alison & Robert |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Flack was educated at Leeds University and the College of the Resurrection at Mirfield.[2] He was made deacon in 1966 and ordained priest in 1967. After curacies at Armley and Northampton he was Vicar of St James Chapelthorpe[3] from 1972 to 1981. From here he rose steadily in the church's hierarchy, being successively Team Rector of Brighouse, Rural Dean of Elland and Archdeacon of Pontefract before his ordination to the episcopate.[4] He was consecrated a bishop on 8 January 1997 at Southwark Cathedral,[5] and served as Bishop of Huntington (suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Ely) until 2003. He was subsequently Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome[6] until 2008.[7] On his return to the UK, he was Priest-in-charge of Apethorpe, Nassington, Thornhaugh, Wansford, Woodnewton and Yarwell, in Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire, until retiring in 2012. During this time, he also served as an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Dioceses of Peterborough and of Ely, from which he retired in 2017.
References
- Diocese in Europe prayer diary, January 2014 (Accessed 22 April 2014)
- ‘FLACK, Rt Rev. John Robert’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 4 July 2012
- "Parish history".
- Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
- "The Bishop-designate of Huntingdon". www.ely.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 19 May 1997. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- "Anglican Centre in Rome". www.anglicancentreinrome.org.
- Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)