Background
Blakesley, John was born on July 24, 1950 in Dauyhulme, Lancashire, England. Son of Frank Barlow and Jean Blakesley.
Blakesley, John was born on July 24, 1950 in Dauyhulme, Lancashire, England. Son of Frank Barlow and Jean Blakesley.
Bachelor, Oxford University, 1972. Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1976. Certified Theology, Oxford University, 1974.
Curate of Egremont Diocese of Carlisle, Cumbria, England, 1974—1977. Curate Christ Church Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 1977—1979. Vicar of St. Helen Auckland, County Durham, England, 1979—1994.
Chaplain Tindale Crescent Hospital, Bishop Auckland, England, 1990—1994. Lecturer in theology Durham University, County Durham, since 1991. Curate of Christ the King Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, 2000—2003.
Vicar Cambois and Sleekburn, Northumberland, since 2003. College tutor St. Chad's College/Durham University, 1995—2000, honorary tutor, since 2000. Guest homilist International Theological Conference, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1986.
Married Christine Marilyn Barras, April 16, 1971 (divorced December 1994). Children: Rosanna, Marion, Helen. Married Grace Fothergill Blakesley, December 7, 1996.