Background
Holbrook grew up in Bristol where he was educated at the Bristol Cathedral Choir School.
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John Holbrook
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As an undergraduate he studied theology at Street Peter"s College, Oxford, where he obtained his Master of Arts (Oxbridge Master of Arts after a Bachelor(Honours)). Holbrook attended theological college at Ridley Hall, Cambridge and was ordained a deacon in 1986 and a priest in 1987.
Career
He is the of Brixworth in the Diocese of Peterborough and the Acting of Leicester (of the Diocese of Leicester). He had been Rural Dean of Wimborne in the Diocese of Salisbury. His first ordained ministry position was as a curate at Street Mary the Virgin, Barnes, London.
In 1989, he moved to Saint Mary"s Church, Bletchley as senior curate and curate-in-charge of Whaddon Way Ecumenical Church (an Anglican-Baptist local ecumenical partnership (LEP).
In 1993 he became the Vicar of Adderbury with Milton and, from 2000, also the Rural Dean of Deddington. From 2002 until 2011, Holbrook was Rector of Wimborne Minster and priest-in-charge of Witchampton, Stanbridge and Long Crichel.
He also became chaplain of the South and East Dorset Primary Care Trust and, in 2004, the Rural Dean of Wimborne. From 2006, he was also an honorary canon and prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral as well as priest-in-charge of Horton, Chalbury, Hinton Martel and Holt Saint James.
On 4 March 2011, 10 Downing Street announced Holbrook as the -designate of Brixworth in the Diocese of Peterborough, in succession to Frank White.
He was consecrated as a bishop at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 2011 and installed at Peterborough Cathedral on 29 June. He shares overall responsibility with the of Peterborough, the diocesan bishop, for the whole diocese. On 15 May 2015 it was announced that, from 1 September, Holbrook would be part-time acting of Leicester (during a vacancy in that See), retaining his post and duties in Peterborough.
The Reverend John Holbrook (1986–2006) The Reverend Canon John Holbrook (2006–2011) The Right Reverend John Holbrook (2011–present).
