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Stephen Whitefield Sykes (born 1 August 1939) retired as Principal of St John’s College Durham at the end of August 2006. He was formerly the Church of England Bishop of Ely and held professorial chairs in divinity at both Durham University and Cambridge University.Sykes studied at St John’s College Cambridge graduating in 1961. He then trained for ordination at Ripon Hall Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1964 and priest in 1965.