John Wingfield (priest)

The Ven.  John William Wingfield (19 December 1915 – 23 December 1983) was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1979 to 1981.

Wingfield was educated at the Sheffield Pupil Teacher Centre; and served in the Royal Army Service Corps during World War II. When peace returned he studied at St Aidan's Theological College and was ordained in 1947. After a curacy at Madron with Morvah he held incumbencies at Perranuthnoe, Budock, St Michael Caerhays, Redruth and St Clement before his Archdeacon’s appointment.