John Michael Austin OBE (14 March 1939 – 17 August 2007) was the Bishop of Aston from 1992 to 2005, filling a post which had been vacant since the previous incumbent Colin Ogilvie Buchanan resigned in 1989. After him the post remained vacant for 3 years until the Diocese announced the appointment of Andrew Watson to fill the post
Austin was educated at Worksop College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He was ordained in 1965 and began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St John the Evangelist's East Dulwich. He then held positions in Chicago and Walworth before becoming the Social Responsibility Adviser to the Diocese of St Albans. Appointed the Director of the London Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility in 1984, he was a committed campaigner for social justice.
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