John Hubert Richard Lewis (10 December 1943 – 19 September 2020) was a British Anglican bishop.
Made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1967 (21 May)[1] and ordained priest the Trinity Sunday following (7 June 1968) — both times by Hugh Ashdown, Bishop of Newcastle, at Newcastle Cathedral[2] Lewis was curate of Hexham, Newcastle from 1967 to 1970.
Lewis was consecrated a bishop on 3 July 1992 by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey,[4] to serve as suffragan Bishop of Taunton, and held this post until 1997, when he was appointed 9th Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
During his time as Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, he was president of the Suffolk Agricultural Association and County Show.
Peter was killed by his girlfriend in 1997, who was subsequently committed to Broadmoor.