John Michael Brotherton (7 December 1935 – 12 February 2025) was an English Anglican priest.
Brotherton was born on 7 December 1935 and educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained in 1962 and was a curate at St Nicholas' Chiswick, after which he was chaplain of Trinity College, Moka."Brotherton, Ven. (John) Michael", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011; online edition, November 2011 accessed 18 October 2012 He was rector of St Michael's Diego Martin from 1969 to 1975Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 and then vicar of St Mary and St John's Oxford. From 1981 to 1991 he was vicar of St Mary's, Portsea, in Portsmouth.History in Portsmouth From 1991 until his retirement in 2002 he was the Archdeacon of Chichester.Shy but not retiring, Kemp, E. W: London, Continuum, 2006 Brotherton died on 12 February 2025 at the age of 89.
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