John Sutton Utterton was the first
Bishop of Guildford (then a
suffragan bishop
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in the
Diocese of Winchester) in the last third of the 19th century.
Born in 1814 and educated at
Oriel College, Oxford
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, he was
perpetual curate of
Holmwood,
rector
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of
Calbourne and then the
Archdeacon of Surrey
The Archdeaconry of Surrey is the ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Surrey, a subdivision of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford in the Province of Canterbury.
History
The whole archdeaconry was historically in the d ...
before his ordination to the
episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on 15 March 1874, by
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,
Bishop of London, at
Lambeth Parish Church. He died on 21 December 1879, and his successor was not appointed until 1898.
The oak screen in front of the Guardian Angels' Chapel at
Winchester Cathedral was erected in his memory in 1892
[.”Winchester Cathedral:its monuments and memorials” Vaughan,J: London, Selwyn and Blount, 1919]
References
Clergy from Ipswich
1814 births
Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
Archdeacons of Surrey
Bishops suffragan of Guildford
1879 deaths
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