{{short description|English cricketer (1880–1950)}} {{about||his father, the British army officer and engineer|John Underwood Bateman-Champain}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox Christian leader | title = Bishop of Knaresborough | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | diocese = Diocese of Ripon | term = 1938–1948 | predecessor = Paul de Labilliere | successor = Henry de Candole | other_post = Provost of Newcastle (1931–1938) <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 1903 (deacon); 1904 (priest) | ordained_by = | consecration = 24 February 1938 | consecrated_by = William Temple <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|3|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Richmond Hill, Surrey, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1950|10|22|1880|3|14|df=yes}} | death_place = Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, England | buried = | nationality = British | religion = Anglican | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = | module = {{Infobox cricketer | batting = Right-handed | club1 = Gloucestershire | year1 = 1899 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 5 | runs1 = 36 | bat avg1 = 5.14 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 17 | deliveries1 = 6 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 26 June | year = 2010 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9598.html Cricinfo }} }} {{Portal|Christianity}}'''John Norman Bateman-Champain''' (14 March 1880{{snd}}22 October 1950) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Knaresborough, the suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Ripon.<ref name="ww">{{Who's Who | id= U222355 | title = Bateman-Champain, Rt Rev. John Norman |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U222355 }}</ref> He had previously been a first-class English cricketer, making five appearances (two for Gloucestershire: and three for the Free Foresters);<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/9598.html John Bateman-Champain] at Cricinfo</ref> he was a right-handed batsman.
==Early life and education== Bateman-Champain was born at Richmond Hill, Surrey. Bateman-Champain was born into a military family, son of army officer John Underwood Bateman-Champain (of the Bengal Royal Engineers). John Norman was educated at Cheltenham College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,<ref>{{acad|id=BTMN898JN|name=Bateman-Champain, John Norman}}</ref><ref>''The Times'', Monday, 27 May 1907; pg. 7; Issue 38343; col D University Intelligence. Oxford, 25 May</ref> and studied for ordination at Wells Theological College.
==Sporting career== Bateman-Champain played 2 first-class matches for Gloucestershire in 1899, with his debut for the county coming against Lancashire and his second and final first-class match for the county coming against Nottinghamshire.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27747/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by John Bateman-Champain]</ref> Additionally, he also represented the Free Foresters in a 3 first-class matches, firstly in 1919 against Cambridge University and Oxford University and finally against Oxford University in 1920.
==Ecclesiastical career== Upon graduating theological college, Bateman-Champain was made deacon at Advent 1903<ref>{{Church Times | title = The Advent Ordinations. | archive = 1903_12_24_822 | issue = 2135 | date = 24 December 1903 | page = 822 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}</ref> and ordained priest the following Advent (18 December 1904) — both times by George Forrest Browne, Bishop of Bristol, at Bristol Cathedral.<ref>{{Church Times | title = The Ordinations. | archive = 1904_12_23_855 | issue = 2187 | date = 23 December 1904 | page = 855 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}</ref> He served his title as assistant curate of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol until 1908;<ref name="ww" /> from 1904 onwards, John Maud (his future father-in-law) was Vicar of St Mary Redcliffe.<ref name="maud">{{Church Times | title = Church News. Personal. | archive = 1912_08_09_162 | issue = 2585 | date = 9 August 1912 | page = 162 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}
Fri 09 Aug 1912, Page 162</ref> His first post was overseas (South Africa) as vicar of Krugersdorp and St Boniface Church, Germiston.<ref>{{Church Times | title = The New Vicar of St Mary Redcliffe | archive = 1911_12_08_795 | issue = 2550 | date = 8 December 1911 | page = 795 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}</ref> On the Feast of the Ascension (16 May) 1912, he was instituted Vicar of St Mary Redcliffe.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Redcliffe's New Vicar | archive = 1912_05_24_733 | issue = 2574 | date = 24 May 1912 | page = 733 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}</ref> During the Great War he was interviewed for a commission with the Army Chaplains' Department, and was described as an 'attractive personality A1'. He was sent to the Western Front and, from 1918, served at General Headquarters.<ref>Index Card Museum of Army Chaplaincy</ref>
Remaining at Redcliffe until 1928, he became also Rural Dean of Bedminster starting in 1927, before a ten-year stint as Vicar of Newcastle Cathedral (to which he was instituted on 31 October 1928).<ref>{{Church Times | title = Church News | archive = 1928_10_19_434 | issue = 3430 | date = 19 October 1928 | page = 434 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}</ref> While at Newcastle, he was the first Vicar to bear the additional title Provost, becoming Provost of Newcastle in 1931<ref name="chimes obit">{{Church Times | title = Clerical obituary | archive = 1950_10_27_795 | issue = 4577 | date = 27 October 1950 | page = 795 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}</ref> (after the Cathedrals Measure 1931). His final appointment was as Bishop of Knaresborough, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Ripon;<ref>''The Times'', Friday, 31 December 1937; pg. 12; Issue 47880; col E New Bishop suffragan of Knaresborough appointed</ref> alongside this, he held the Rectory of Methley.<ref name="chimes obit" /> He was consecrated a bishop on St Matthias' day (24 February) 1938, by William Temple, Archbishop of York, at York Minster.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Two bishops consecrated | archive = 1938_03_04_261 | issue = 3919 | date = 4 March 1938 | page = 261 | accessed = 21 March 2017 }}</ref> On 15 July 1944, he was appointed as the second principal of the RAF Chaplains' School based at Magdalene College, Cambridge.<ref name="Answers">{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Bruce R. |title="Answers that Belonged to Life": C. S. Lewis and the Origins of the Royal Air Force Chaplains’ School, Cambridge |journal=Sehnsucht: The C.S. Lewis Journal |date=2011 |volume=5/6 |pages=81–102 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48580491 |issn=1940-5537}}</ref> Clergymen with a sporting background were favoured in the RAF Chaplains Branch, and the Master of Magdalene College would later comment that Bateman-Champain's presence in college "brought lustre and distinction to the scene".<ref name="Answers" /> He continued as Bishop of Knaresborough until retirement to Bristol in 1948.
==Family and later life== Bateman-Champain was part of a large cricketing family. His brothers Claude, Francis and Hugh all played first-class cricket, as did his brother-in-law Frederick Currie. His uncles Fendall Currie, Revd Sir Frederick Currie, Robert Currie and William Currie also played first-class cricket.
During his second time at Redcliffe, he married in 1912, Jean Monsell Maud, eldest daughter<ref name="ww" /> of John Maud, previously Vicar there (while Bateman-Chapmain was Curate)<ref name="maud" /> but by then Bishop of Kensington; they had two sons and two daughters.<ref name="ww" /> One son was killed on active service in 1943.<ref>''The Times'' obituary, 24.10.1950</ref> Bateman-Champain died at Westbury-on-Trym on 22 October 1950.
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==External links== *{{Cricinfo|id=9598}} *{{CricketArchive|id=27747|archive=20230421173847}}
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