The Rt Rev John Robert Geoffrey Neale was the inaugural Bishop of Ramsbury

Bishop of Ramsbury (Anglican)

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 from 1974 to 1988. Born on 21 September 1926 he was educated at Felsted School

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  and then served in the Royal Artillery

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 during World War II

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. He completed his studies at King's College London

King's College London

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 and St Boniface, Warminster

Warminster

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 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy

Curate

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 in St Helier. He was then successively Chaplain

Chaplain

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 of Ardingly College

Ardingly College

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, Secretary

Secretary

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 of the Advisory Council for Church Ministry, Canon Missioner

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  for the Diocese of Guildford

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  and Rector of St. Peter's, Hascombe before his elevation to the Episcopate. Since 1991 he has been an Assistant Bishop

Assistant Bishop

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 within the Diocese of Bristol

Diocese of Bristol

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. His papers are housed at the National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives.