John Macmillan

For other people with similar names, see John McMillan (disambiguation).

John Victor Macmillan OBE DD^[1] (1877–1956^[2]) was the fifth Bishop of Dover in the modern era^[3]^[4] who was later translated to Guildford.^[5]

Born into a publishing family^[6] and educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Farnham and was successively Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, a Chaplain to the Forces during World War I, Vicar of Kew and then Archdeacon of Maidstone before his elevation to the episcopate.

References

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↑ Obituary- The Right Rev. J. V. Macmillan The Times Thursday, 16 Aug 1956; pg. 11; Issue 53611; col E
↑ The Guildford Diocese Bishop Of Dover Appointed The Times Thursday, 4 Oct 1934; pg. 12; Issue 46876; col F
↑ ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Window on Woking
↑ The Baxter Bible

Church of England titles
Preceded by Harold Bilbrough	Bishop of Dover 1927 – 1934	Succeeded by Alfred Rose
Preceded by John Greig	Bishop of Guildford 1934 – 1949	Succeeded by Henry Montgomery Campbell

Bishops of Dover

Medieval	Richard Yngworth Richard Thornden Richard Rogers

Modern	Edward Parry Rodney Eden William Walsh Harold Bilbrough John Macmillan Alfred Rose Lewis Meredith Tony Tremlett Richard Third Richard Llewellin Stephen Venner Trevor Willmott

Bishops of Guildford

for the bishops suffragan, see Bishop of Guildford (suffragan)

John Greig John Macmillan Henry Montgomery Campbell Ivor Watkins George Reindorp David Brown Michael Adie John Gladwin Christopher Hill Andrew Watson

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