John Martin Wharton, was born on 6 August 1944 and is a British Anglican bishop, a retired Bishop of Newcastle.
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Martin Wharton was educated at Ulverston Grammar School and Van Mildert College, Durham where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, politics and sociology in 1969.
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Martin Wharton was further educated at Linacre College, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Theology and an Oxford Master of Arts in 1971, as well as at Ripon Hall, Oxford.
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Martin Wharton was curate of St Peter's Church, Spring Hill, Birmingham, from 1972 to 1975 and of St John the Baptist, Croydon, from 1975 to 1977.
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Martin Wharton was additionally a curate of the Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon from 1979 to 1983.
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In 1992, Martin Wharton was consecrated a bishop by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral on 3 November 1992, to become area Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames; he held that post until 1997, when he was appointed the 11th Bishop of Newcastle.
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Martin Wharton is a trustee of St Hilda's Trust, of the Northumbria Historic Churches Trust and The Hild Bede Trust.
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Martin Wharton is trustee of the Shepherds Law Hermitage Trust and the Newcastle Diocesan Society.
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Martin Wharton served for ten years as Chair of Governors of St Chad's College, Durham.
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On 11 February 2017, Martin Wharton was one of fourteen retired bishops to sign an open letter to the then-serving bishops of the Church of England.
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Martin Wharton was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the Church of England and to the community in the North East.