# John Bluck > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Bluck > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Bluck.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bluck > Source revision: 1258711676 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|New Zealand Anglican bishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = [The Right Reverend](/source/The_Right_Reverend) | name = John Bluck | honorific-suffix = | title = [Bishop Emeritus of Waiapu](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Waiapu) | image = John Bluck.jpg | caption = John William Bluck | archdiocese = | diocese = [Anglican Diocese of Waiapu](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Waiapu) | see = | term = 2002–2008 | predecessor = [Murray Mills](/source/Murray_Mills_(bishop)) | successor = [David Rice](/source/David_Rice_(bishop)) | other_post = [Dean of ChristChurch Cathedral](/source/ChristChurch_Cathedral) (1990–2002) | ordination = 1971 (as priest)
17 August 2002 (as bishop) | ordained_by = [Bishop Paul Reeves](/source/Paul_Reeves) | consecration = | consecrated_by = | cardinal = | rank = | birth_name = John William Bluck | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|07|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Napier](/source/Napier%2C_New_Zealand), New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = [New Zealander](/source/New_Zealander) | religion = [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | motto = | occupation = [Anglican bishop](/source/Anglican_ministry) | profession = Cleric, author | alma_mater = [University of Canterbury](/source/University_of_Canterbury) | signature = }} '''John William Bluck''' (born 22 July 1943) is a New Zealand author and an [Anglican](/source/Anglican) clergyman who served as the 14th [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [Bishop](/source/Bishop) of [Waiapu](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Waiapu) from 2002 until 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tekauri.com/synod/view.asp?doc=11|title=Anglican Diocese of Waiapu|access-date=12 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215215137/https://www.tekauri.com/synod/view.asp?doc=11|archive-date=15 December 2019|url-status=dead}} From 1990 to 2002 he was the eleventh [Dean](/source/Dean_(religion)) of [ChristChurch Cathedral](/source/ChristChurch_Cathedral); until he was ordained to the [episcopate](/source/episcopate) on 17 August 2002.[http://anglican.org.nz/content/download/50400/254201/file/2019%20Lectionary%20.pdf ACANZP Lectionary, 2019] (p. 146) == Early life and education == Bluck was born in [Napier](/source/Napier%2C_New_Zealand) in 1943, the eldest son of Edgar and Alice Bluck.{{Cite web |url= http://www.anglicantaonga.org.nz/Features/John-Bluck |title=Anglican Taonga |url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100924220406/http://anglicantaonga.org.nz/Features/John-Bluck |archive-date=24 September 2010 |access-date=12 January 2010}} Bluck spent his childhood in [Nūhaka](/source/N%C5%ABhaka). He is a maternal nephew of two other New Zealand Anglican Bishops, [Edward Norman](/source/Edward_Norman_(bishop)) and [Peter Mann](/source/Peter_Mann_(bishop)), bishops of Wellington and Dunedin, respectively. He boarded at [Napier Boys’ High School](/source/Napier_Boys'_High_School), and at the age of 18 studied English literature and theology at the [University of Canterbury](/source/University_of_Canterbury). Bluck was offered a place at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts but finished most of his studies at [Harvard Divinity School](/source/Harvard_Divinity_School). While studying in the [United States](/source/United_States), Bluck was a reporter for ''The Pilot'', Boston's Catholic Newspaper. == Ordained ministry == Bluck was ordained as a priest in 1971[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) London, Church House 1975 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} by [Bishop Paul Reeves](/source/Paul_Reeves) and began his ministry at Holy Trinity, [Gisborne](/source/Gisborne%2C_New_Zealand).[Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who) 2008: London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}} He soon moved to Wellington to tutor journalism at Wellington Polytechnic, as well as being the institution's chaplain. Bluck soon moved to Auckland and was [editor](/source/Editor-in-chief) of ''The New Zealand Methodist''. Later he was Director of [Communication](/source/Communication)s at the [World Council of Churches](/source/World_Council_of_Churches) then [Professor](/source/Professor) of [Pastoral Theology](/source/Pastoral_Theology) and [Communication](/source/Communication) at [Knox Theological Seminary](/source/Knox_Theological_Seminary). In 1990, Bluck was invited to be the Dean of ChristChurch Cathedral by Bishop [David Coles](/source/David_Coles_(bishop)), which he accepted. Bluck held this position until 2002 where he became the 14th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu. Bluck resigned his [See](/source/Episcopal_see) in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=10929141|title=Bishop could lead diocese on his own|date=5 September 2005|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news-old/central-north-island/352272/Bishop-and-the-turbulent-priest|title=Bishop and the turbulent priest|website=Stuff|date=31 January 2009 }} == Retired life == Bluck is now an author.Amongst others he wrote Everyday Ecumenism, 1987; Christian Communication Reconsidered, 1989; Canberra Takeaways, 1991; Long, White and Cloudy, 1998; Waking Up in Strange Places, 1999; Killing Us Softly, 2001; The Giveaway God, 2001 > [British Library](/source/British_Library) web site accessed 21:38 [GMT](/source/GMT) 12 January 2010. He creates podcasts for [Radio New Zealand](/source/Radio_New_Zealand){{Cite web |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/john-bluck-writes |title=John Bluck writes |website=[RNZ](/source/RNZ) |language=en-nz |access-date=21 January 2020}} and writes articles and opinion pieces for them and other New Zealand media companies. == Publications == === Authorship === * ''Taranaki's Cathedral'' (13 January 2010){{Cite web|title=Taranaki's Cathedral by John Bluck - {{text|ISBN}}: 9780473188092|url=https://www.wheelers.co.nz/books/9780473188092-taranakis-cathedral/?author=Bluck,+John|access-date=2020-08-18|website=www.wheelers.co.nz}} * ''Wai Karekare = Turbulent Waters: The Anglican Bicultural Journey, 1814 - 2014'' (1 January 2012){{Cite web|title=Wai Karekare = Turbulent Waters : The Anglican Bicultural Journey, 1814 - 2014 by John Bluck - {{text|ISBN}}: 9780908675012|url=https://www.wheelers.co.nz/books/9780908675012-wai-karekare-turbulent-waters-the-anglican-bicultural-journey-1814-2014/?author=Bluck,+John|access-date=2020-08-18|website=www.wheelers.co.nz}} * ''Seeking the Centre'' (1 January 2019){{Cite web|title=Seeking the Centre by John Bluck - {{text|ISBN}}: 9780473475031 (NZ / SP Author Self Published)|url=https://www.wheelers.co.nz/books/9780473475031-seeking-the-centre/?author=Bluck,+John|access-date=2020-08-18|website=www.wheelers.co.nz}} * ''Becoming Pākehā.'' (Auckland: HarperCollins, 2022). === Forewords === * ''Honest to Goodness'' (12 March 2019){{Cite web|title=Honest To Goodness by Martin Prozesky - {{text|ISBN}}: 9781532665370 (Resource Publications (CA))|url=https://www.wheelers.co.nz/books/9781532665370-honest-to-goodness/?author=Bluck,+John|access-date=2020-08-18|website=www.wheelers.co.nz}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/john-bluck-writes ''John Bluck writes'', RNZ] {{Portal|Christianity}} {{S-start}} {{S-rel|ac}} {{Succession box|title=[Bishop of Waiapu](/source/Diocese_of_Waiapu) |before=[Murray Mills](/source/Murray_Mills_(bishop)) |after=[David Rice](/source/David_Rice_(bishop)) |years=2002–2008}} {{End}} {{Bishops of Waiapu}} {{Deans of Christchurch}} {{Province of New Zealand}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bluck, John}} Category:1943 births Category:People from Napier, New Zealand Category:University of Canterbury alumni Category:Deans of Christchurch Category:Anglican bishops of Waiapu Category:21st-century Anglican bishops in New Zealand Category:Living people Category:People educated at Napier Boys' High School --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [John Bluck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bluck) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bluck?action=history)). 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