John Foster (priest)

John William Foster BEM (5 August 1921–7 March 2000) was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the twentieth century.

After studying at St Aidan's College, Birkenhead he was ordained deacon in 1954 and priest in 1955.

[1] After a curacy at All Saints Church, Loughborough (1954-1957) he moved to Hong Kong.

He was Chaplain to the Hong Kong Defence Force and of the territory's cathedral.

He was the Vicar of Church of St Oswald, Lythe from 1973 to 1978; and Dean of Guernsey from 1978 until 1988.