Edward Worsfold Mowll

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Edward Worsfold Mowll (1881 - 1964) was the fourth Bishop of Middleton [1]. Educated at The King’s School, Canterbury and Jesus College, Cambridge , he was ordained in 1905 and after a curacy at Leyton became secretary of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society. Incumbencies at Benwell , Southport and Oxford followed[2] before becoming Provost of Bradford Cathedral in 1933. Elevation to the Episcopate followed ten years later and he stayed in this, his final post, until retirement in 1951. A “kind and fatherly man” [3] he died in 1964.

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Arthur Fawssett Alston		 Bishop of Middleton
1943 – 1952		 Succeeded by
Frank Woods

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Times, Monday, Aug 02, 1943; pg. 6; Issue 49613; col C E New Bishop Suffragan Of Middleton
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  3. ^ The Times, Monday, Jun 15, 1964; pg. 14; Issue 56038; col A Rt. Rev. E. W. Mowll Former Bishop Of Middleton
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