John Howe (bishop)

 John William Alexander Howe, DD (14 July 1920 – 26 April 2001) was an eminent Anglican bishop, who served as the eighth Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, and became the Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion.
Education.
Born in Goodmayes on 14 July 1920 he was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys and Durham University, where he was President of the Durham Union from the Michaelmas term 1942 to the Easter term 1943.
Career.
He was ordained deacon in 1943, and priest in 1944, and began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate at All Saints, Scarborough. He was Chaplain at Adisadel College Gold Coast and then Vice-Principal of Edinburgh Theological College.
In 1955 he was elevated to the Episcopate, as Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He resigned the see in 1969 in order to take up a senior position in the Anglican Communion secretariat as Executive Officer (1969–1971) and then Secretary General (1971–1982).
Death.
He died on 26 April 2001, aged 80. 