John Charles Saxbee was born on 7 January 1946 and is a retired Anglican bishop.
14 Facts About John Saxbee
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John Saxbee was introduced to the House of Lords on 1 July 2008 with Eliza Manningham-Buller, former Director-General of MI5.
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Bristol-born, Saxbee was educated at the University of Bristol where he obtained a BA degree in 1968.
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John Saxbee subsequently went on to complete his PhD degree at St John's College, Durham in 1974.
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John Saxbee trained for the priesthood at Cranmer Hall in Durham and was ordained in Exeter Cathedral as a deacon in 1972 and a priest in 1973.
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John Saxbee later became Vicar of St Philip's in Weston Mill before moving to become Team Vicar of Central Exeter Team Ministry in 1981; a post he held until 1987.
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John Saxbee was Joint Director of the South West Ministerial Training Course between 1981 and 1992 and was a member of the General Synod's House of Clergy between 1985 and 1994.
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John Saxbee became a prebendary at Exeter Cathedral in 1988 until his appointment as Archdeacon of Ludlow and a prebendary of Hereford Cathedral in 1992.
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John Saxbee was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Ludlow in 1994 whilst remaining Archdeacon of Ludlow.
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John Saxbee was installed at Lincoln Cathedral on 23 March 2002.
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John Saxbee is an academic writer having published Liberal Evangelism: a flexible response to the decade in 1994.
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John Saxbee is married to Jacqueline, who was his secretary and with whom he has one grown-up daughter, Helen, who works for the Church Times.
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John Saxbee enjoys reading Victorian novels, watching sport on television and listening to music.
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John Saxbee announced to the March 2010 meeting of Lincoln's diocesan synod that he intended to retire as Bishop of Lincoln on 31 January 2011.