John Henry Richardson (born 11 July 1937) is a retired Church of England bishop.
He was made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1963 (9 June)[3] and ordained a priest the Trinity Sunday following (24 May 1964), both times by Michael Gresford Jones, Bishop of St Albans, at St Albans Cathedral.
[4] Richardson began his ministry with curacies in Stevenage and Eastbourne.
[6] He was consecrated a bishop on 23 February 1994, by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.
In retirement, Richardson continues to serve the Church, as an honorary assistant bishop in the Dioceses of Carlisle and of Newcastle.