John Flack is a former Bishop of Huntingdon

Bishop of Huntingdon

The Bishop of Huntingdon is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Ely, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Huntingdon, the historic county town of Huntingdonshire, England....

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Flack was and educated at Leeds University and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield

College of the Resurrection

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, he was ordained in 1967. After curacies

Curate

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 at Armley

Armley

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 and Northampton

Northampton

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 he was Vicar

Vicar

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 of St James Chapelthorpe from 1972 to 1981. From here he rose steadily in the church's hierarchy, being successively Team Rector

Vicar

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 of Brighouse

Brighouse

Brighouse is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Calder, east of Halifax in the Pennines. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the...

 Rural Dean

Rural Dean

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 of Elland

Elland

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 and Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of Pontefract

Pontefract

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 before his ordination to the episcopate. He was subsequently Director

Director-general

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 of the Anglican Centre in Rome

Rome

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until retirement in 2008.

Flack is now priest in charge

Priest in charge

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 of Nassington

Nassington

Nassington is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 670 people. The River Nene runs along the eastern side of the parish....

, Apethorpe

Apethorpe

Apethorpe is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire district of the shire county of Northamptonshire, England. The 2001 census records a population of 133....

, Woodnewton

Woodnewton

Woodnewton is a village in Northamptonshire, England. Essentially a pair of parallel streets, the village lies to the north of a small stream, the Willow Brook, in Rockingham Forest. It is in the East Northamptonshire district. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 442...

 and Yarwell

Yarwell

Yarwell is a village on the River Nene in the extreme east of the English county of Northamptonshire near the border with Cambridgeshire. Its name is derived from 'the spring where the yarrow grows'. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 316 people.Yarwell has a pub called The...

 and additionally an honorary assistant bishop

Assistant Bishop

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 in the Diocese of Peterborough.