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John Henry Garton (born 3 October 1941) is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the suffragan Bishop of Plymouth in the Church of England.Garton was educated at Worcester College Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon. After a short service commission in the Royal Tank Regiment he was ordained in 1969 and began his career as a Chaplain to the Forces. From 1973 until 1976 he was a lecturer at Lincoln Theological College and then Rector of St Peter’s Hillfields.