John Stewart Went (born 11 March 1944) was the Anglican Bishop of Tewkesbury, the suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Gloucester, from 25 January 1996 until 2 March 2013.

He was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.^[3] He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1969 (29 September), by Robert Stopford, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral,^[4] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (29 September 1970), by Graham Leonard, Bishop of Willesden, at St Mary's, Willesden.^[5] Went married Rosemary Dunn^[3] in 1968 before embarking on a clerical career with a curacy in Northwood, London^[6] followed by an incumbency at Margate. Vice-principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford^[7] from 1983 until 1989 when he became Archdeacon of Surrey. In 1996 he became the suffragan Bishop of Tewkesbury;^[8] he was consecrated a bishop on 25 January 1996^[9] by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.^[10]

Styles

• The Reverend John Went (1969–1989)
• The Venerable John Went (1989–1996)
• The Right Reverend John Went (1996–present)

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