John Denis Wakeling MC (12 December 1918 – 10 October 2004) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England. He was born in Leicester and was educated at St Michael's Limpsfield, a Church Missionary Society school in Surrey. He studied classics at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and served in the Royal Marines in World War II. He was awarded an MC in 1945 for his part in operations in Yugoslavia. His appointment as the Bishop of Southwell in Nottinghamshire followed in 1970; he was consecrated at York Minster on Michaelmas day (29 September) 1970. He was chairman of the from 1976 to 1979.