John Bardsley

Styles of
John Bardsley
Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style My Lord
Religious style Bishop

John Wareing Bardsley (29 March 1835 – 14 March 1914) was the Bishop of Carlisle.

He was the son of Canon James Bardsley, a Bradford curate. He was and educated at Manchester Grammar School[1] and Trinity College, Dublin.

He began his career as a curate at St Anne's Sale[2] after which he held incumbencies at St John's, Bootle[3] and then St Saviour's, Liverpool.[4] From 1880 to 1886 he was Archdeacon of Warrington and then Archdeacon of Liverpool for a year before his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1887. In 1891 he was translated to Carlisle,[5] a post he held until his death on 14 March 1914.[6]

He died in 1914 and was buried at Roughtonhead near Carlisle. Whilst at Bootle he had married Mary Powell with whom he had five children.[7]

References

  1. "Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. Isle of Man web site
  3. Church web site
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. Images of Cumbria
  6. The Times, Monday, Sep 19, 1904; pg. 9; Issue 37503; col C Funeral Of The Bishop Of Carlisle
  7. "John Wareing Bardsley - Bishop 1887-1892". Retrieved 2012-11-20.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Rowley Hill
Bishop of Sodor and Man
1887 1891
Succeeded by
Norman Dumenil Straton
Preceded by
Harvey Goodwin
Bishop of Carlisle
1891 1914
Succeeded by
Henry Herbert Williams
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