John Norris

John Pilkington Norris, D.D. (June 10, 1823 in Chester – 29 December 1891 in Bristol)was Archdeacon of Bristol from 1881 until his death.

Norris was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1849; and priest in 1850. After a curacy in Trumpington he was a Schools Inspector until 1864 when he began another curacy at Lewknor. He was Vicar of Hatchford from 1864 to 1870; of Brandon Hill from 1870 to 1877; and of Redcliffe from 1877 to 1882. He was appointed Dean of Chichester just four days before his death: the man appointed in his stead was Richard Randall.