John Thomas Farquhar Paterson (21 December 1938 – 9 September 2005) was an Anglican priest[1] and author.
[2] Paterson was born in Portadown, educated at Portadown College and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
[3] He was ordained in 1963 and his first posts were curacies in Dungannon and Dublin.
[4] After this he was successively priest in charge of St Mark's Dublin, and also assistant chaplain of Trinity College, Dublin; Vicar of St Bartholomew with Christ Church, Leeson Park, Dublin;[5] Dean of Kildare (1974–1989); and a lecturer in pastoral liturgy at the Church of Ireland Theological College.
He became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, in 1989 a post he held for 15 years.