What is John Salt (bishop)?
[[File:Bishop John Salt (cropped).jpg|thumb|Salt in September 2014]] '''John William Salt''' {{Small|[[Oratory of the Good Shepherd|OGS]]}} (30 October 1941 &ndash; 7 February 2017) was an English [[Anglican]] [[bishop]]. He was born in [[Stoke-on-Trent]] <ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/02/22/rt-rev-john-salt-obituary/ The Rt Rev John Salt – obituary], [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]], 22 February 2017</ref> and became a [[deacon]] in 1966 and a [[priest]] in 1967. He was the [[Diocese of St Helena|Bishop of St Helena]] from 1999 to 2011. During his time as bishop, he lived on the island of [[Saint Helena]], which is in the South [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Salt returned to the [[United Kingdom]] after he [[retired]]. He died on 7 February 2017 in [[Walsingham]], [[Norfolk]], at the age of 75.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sswsh.com/fullposts.php?id=214|title=Bishop John Salt RIP|work=The Society|date=7 February 2017|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Salt, John (bishop)}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Church of England bishops]] [[Category:People from Stoke-on-Trent]] {{Bio-stub}}