John Thomson (bishop)
John Thomson | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Selby | |
Thomson in 2024 | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of York |
| In office | 2014 to 2024 |
| Predecessor | Martin Wallace |
| Successor | Flora Winfield |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1985 (deacon) 1986 (priest) by David Lunn |
| Consecration | 3 July 2014 by John Sentamu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1959 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Alma mater | University of York Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University of Oxford University of Nottingham |
John Bromilow Thomson (born 1 July 1959) is a British retired Anglican bishop. From 2014 to 2024, he was the Bishop of Selby, a suffragan bishop in the Church of England's Diocese of York.
He began his ordained ministry as a curate and youth chaplain in the Diocese of Sheffield, before moving to South Africa and the Anglican Church of Southern Africa as a tutor at a theological college. He returned to Sheffield where he was a vicar from 1993 to 2001 and then the director of ministry for the Diocese of Sheffield from 2001 to 2014.