John Edward Brown (13 July 1931[1] – 23 October 2011[2]) was the Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf from 1986 to 1996.
[3] Brown was educated at Wintringham Grammar School in Grimsby, Lincolnshire and Kelham Theological College.
In 1956 he was ordained and became a curate at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem and master at the attached school.
[4] Returning to England, he became a curate in Reading, Berkshire before spending 4 years on missionary work in Sudan.
Back in England, he was Vicar of Stewkley, Buckinghamshire then Rural Dean of Sonning, Berkshire.