John Bluck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Bluck

New Zealand bishop

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1943

Place of Birth: Napier, Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand

Profession: Anglican priest

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

John William Bluck was the 14th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu from 2002 to 2008. Bluck was born in Napier on 22 July 1943, educated at the University of Canterbury and ordained in 1971.
He began his ordained ministry at Holy Trinity, Gisborne after which he was editor of The New Zealand Methodist.
Later he was Director of Communications at the World Council of Churches then Professor of Pastoral Theology and Communication at Knox Theological Seminary.
From 1990 to 2002 he was Dean of ChristChurch Cathedral; until he was ordained to the episcopate on 17 August 2002.An author, he resigned his See in 2008.