John Eastaugh

John Richard Gordon Eastaugh(11 March 1920 – 16 February 1990) was anAnglicanbishopin the last third of the 20th century.

He was born on 11 March 1920 and educated at theUniversity of Leedsandordainedin 1944. He was made adeacononTrinity Sunday1944 (4 June) byGeoffrey Fisher,Bishop of London,and ordained apriestthe nextMichaelmas(23 September 1945) byRobert Moberly,Bishop of Stepney— both times atSt Paul's Cathedral.He began his career with acuracyat All Saints'Poplarand then heldincumbenciesatHackneyandHestonbefore being collatedArchdeacon of Middlesexin 1966.Having beenelectedandconfirmedBishop of Herefordduring December 1973/January 1974,he was ordained to theepiscopatebyMichael Ramsey,Archbishop of Canterbury,atWestminster Abbeyon 24 January 1974,serving until he died in post 16 years later on 16 February 1990, aged 69.