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John Field Lister (19 January 1916 – 23 August 2006) was an Anglican priest.

Early life and education

Lister was born on 19 January 1916. He was educated at King's School, Worcester, a private school in Worcester, Worcestershire. He studied theology at Keble College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1938; and proceeded MA in 1942. In 1938, he entered Cuddesdon College, an Anglican theological college, to under a years training for ordained ministry.

Ordained ministry

Lister was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1939 and as a priest in 1941. He was initially a Curate at St Nicholas Radford. After this he was Curate at St John the Baptist, Coventry and then Vicar of Brighouse. He was Archdeacon of Halifax from 1961 to 1972, when he became Provost of Wakefield – a post he held for a decade. He retired from full-time ministry in 1982.

Later life

In retirement, from 1982 to 2003, Lister held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Canterbury. He died on 23 August 2006, aged 90.

References

1. "Very Rev John Lister". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018.
2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. ^ "LISTER, Very Rev. John Field". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
4. ^ "John Field Lister". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
5. ^ "7 December 2006". Oxford University Gazette. University of Oxford. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP 1940
7. Flickr
8. Church web site
9. Yorkshire Post Obituary

• 1916 births
• People educated at King's School, Worcester
• Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
• Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon
• Archdeacons of Halifax
• Provosts and Deans of Wakefield
• 2006 deaths