John Field Lister (19 January 1916 – 23 August 2006) was an Anglican priest.
Early life and education Lister was born on 19 January 1916.“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 He was educated at King's School, Worcester, a private school in Worcester, Worcestershire. He studied theology at Keble College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1938; and proceeded MA in 1942. In 1938, he entered Cuddesdon College, an Anglican theological college, to under a years training for ordained ministry.
Ordained ministry Lister was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1939 and as a priest in 1941.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP 1940 He was initially a Curate at St Nicholas Radford.Flickr After this he was Curate at St John the Baptist, CoventryChurch web site and then Vicar of Brighouse. He was Archdeacon of Halifax from 1961 to 1972,Yorkshire Post Obituary when he became Provost of Wakefield – a post he held for a decade. He retired from full-time ministry in 1982.
Later life In retirement, from 1982 to 2003, Lister held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Canterbury. He died on 23 August 2006, aged 90.
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