John Bowers (bishop)

The Rt Rev John Phillips Allcot Bowers (15 May 1854, Portsea, Hampshire – 6 January 1926, Norwich) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Thetford in the early part of the 20th Century.[1]

John Bowers was educated at Magdalen School and St John's College, Cambridge.[2] His first post after ordination was as a Curate at Coggeshall. In 1882 he became Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Gloucester and went on to be Diocesan Missioner, a Residentiary Canon at Gloucester Cathedral [3] and Archdeacon of Gloucester [4] before his elevation to the Episcopate. A prominent Freemason,[5] he died on 6 January 1926.

Notes

  1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  2. ^ Bowers, John Phillips Allcot or Allcott in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  3. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  4. ^ Gloucester City Deeds
  5. ^ 'The Bishop Of Thetford', The Times, Thursday, Jan 7, 1926; pg. 14; Issue 44163; col B
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Arthur Thomas Lloyd		 Bishop of Thetford
1903 – 1926		 Vacant
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