John Wellington was a Anglican missionary bishop

Bishop

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 in the 20th century.

He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 28 December 1889 and educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Wimborne

Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster

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 and Salisbury Theological College. Ordained in 1913 he was curate

Curate

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 at St Martin’s, Salisbury

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 before heading to China

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 as a missionary

Missionary

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. He was in Shantung until 1935 when he returned to England

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 as Vicar

Vicar

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 of Holy Trinity, Bedford

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. From 1940 to 1950 he was Bishop of Shantung Next he was Vicar

Vicar

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 of St Germans

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 ; and from 1953 Archdeacon

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 of Bodmin

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. He retired in 1960 and died on 11 September 1976
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