The Rt Rev John Walker Woodhouse (28 January 1884 - 13 March 1955) was an Anglican Suffragan Bishop

Suffragan bishop

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 from 1945 until 1953.

He was born on 28 January 1884 and educated at Charterhouse

Charterhouse School

Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...

  and University College, Oxford

University College, Oxford

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 before embarking on an ecclesiastical career 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 James, Milton, Portsmouth

Milton, Portsmouth

Milton is a primarily residential area of the city of Portsmouth, a unitary authority formerly in the English county of Hampshire. The area is located on the south eastern side of Portsea Island and is bordered on the east by Langstone Harbour...

. After service as a World War I

World War I

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 chaplain

Chaplain

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 he was then Vicar

Vicar

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 of St John’s, Waterloo Road, Lambeth

Lambeth

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 and after that St George’s, Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

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. From 1942 to 1945 he was Rural Dean

Rural Dean

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 of Huddersfield

Huddersfield

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 and finally Bishop of Thetford

Bishop of Thetford

The Bishop of Thetford is an episcopal title which takes its name after the market town of Thetford in Norfolk, England. The title was originally used by the Normans in the 11th century, and is presently used by a Church of England suffragan bishop....

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He died after a short retirement on 13 March 1955.