John Richards (4 October 1933 – 9 November 2003) was a British Anglican bishop.
[1] He read history and theology at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
[3] Richards was consecrated bishop on 29 April 1994 at St Paul's Cathedral, by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury.
[7] Ebbsfleet is a provincial episcopal visitor in the Province of Canterbury for those who feel unable to accept the ordination of women.
Richards himself was a classical Anglican, rather than a traditional Anglo-Catholic or a conservative evangelical.