John Austin (bishop)
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John Michael Austin was the Bishop of Aston
from 1992 to 2005, filling a post which had been vacant since the previous incumbent Colin Ogilvie Buchanan
resigned in 1989. After him the post remained vacant for 3 years until the Diocese
announced the appointment of Andrew J Watson
to fill the post
Austin was educated at Worksop College
and St Edmund Hall, Oxford
. He was ordained in 1965 and began his ordained ministry with a curacy
at St John the Evangelist's East Dulwich
. He then held positions in Chicago
and Walworth
before becoming the Social Responsibility Adviser to the Diocese of St Albans. Appointed the Director of the London Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility in 1984, he was a committed campaigner for social justice.
Bishop of Aston
The Bishop of Aston is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Birmingham, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Aston, an area of the City of Birmingham...
from 1992 to 2005, filling a post which had been vacant since the previous incumbent Colin Ogilvie Buchanan
Colin Ogilvie Buchanan
Colin Ogilvie Buchanan is a retired Anglican bishop of the Church of England. Buchanan was the Bishop of Aston from 1985 until 1989 and then, after time as the Vicar of St Mark's Gillingham, Kent,) the Bishop of Woolwich....
resigned in 1989. After him the post remained vacant for 3 years until the Diocese
Anglican Diocese of Birmingham
The Anglican Diocese of Birmingham is a diocese in the Church of England's Province of Canterbury, covering the north west of the traditional county of Warwickshire in England....
announced the appointment of Andrew J Watson
Andrew J Watson
Andrew John Watson is the Bishop of Aston.Watson was educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1988 after theological studies Ridley Hall, Cambridge...
to fill the post
Austin was educated at Worksop College
Worksop College
Worksop College is a co-educational day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 13 to 18 in England. Worksop is split into eight houses - Talbot, Mason, Portland, Pelham and Shirley for boys and Gibbs, Derry and School House for girls.- Origins :...
and St Edmund Hall, Oxford
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
St Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Better known within the University by its nickname, "Teddy Hall", the college has a claim to being "the oldest academical society for the education of undergraduates in any university"...
. He was ordained in 1965 and began his ordained ministry with a curacy
Curate
A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...
at St John the Evangelist's East Dulwich
East Dulwich
East Dulwich is a district of South London, England in the London Borough of Southwark. It forms the eastern one third of Dulwich, with the Dulwich Wood area, Dulwich Village and West Dulwich to its South and West making up the remaining two thirds...
. He then held positions in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
and Walworth
Walworth
-Places:United Kingdom* Walworth, County DurhamUnited States* Walworth County, South Dakota* Walworth County, Wisconsin* Walworth, New York* Walworth, Wisconsin, a village* Walworth , Wisconsin, a town...
before becoming the Social Responsibility Adviser to the Diocese of St Albans. Appointed the Director of the London Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility in 1984, he was a committed campaigner for social justice.