John Julian Witcombe (born 1 March 1959)[1] is a British Anglican priest.
[2] After ordination in 1984, he served in Birtley, County Durham before moving to be the team Vicar of St Barnabas, Inham Nook, Nottingham.
Before his appointment as Dean of Coventry, Witcombe was the Diocese of Gloucester's Diocesan Directors of Ordinands and then Director of Discipleship and Ministry, and a Residentiary Canon at Gloucester Cathedral.
He is a member of General Synod[4] and is a national advisor for selecting potential clergy for the Church of England.
They married in 2000 after the death of his first wife Maureen Edwards (another fellow priest).