John Diggle
The Right Reverend John Diggle | |
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Bishop of Carlisle | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Carlisle |
In office | 1905 to 1920 |
Predecessor | John Bardsley |
Successor | Henry Williams |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1871 |
Consecration | c. 1905 |
Personal details | |
Birth name | John William Diggle |
Born | 2 March 1847 |
Died | 24 March 1920 73) | (aged
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Children | Five, including Percy Robert Diggle |
John William Diggle (2 March 1847 – 24 March 1920) was an English Anglican bishop. He was Archdeacon of Westmorland from 1896 to 1901, Archdeacon of Birmingham from 1903 to 1904, and Bishop of Carlisle from 1905 to his death in 1920.
Early life and education
Diggle was the son of William Diggle, a warehouseman of Pendleton, Lancashire and his wife Nancy Ann née Chadderton. His younger brother, Joseph Diggle (1849–1917) was to become chairman of the London School Board.[1] He was educated at Manchester Grammar School.[2] and Merton College, Oxford.[3]
Ordained ministry
Diggle began his career with curacies at St Margaret, Whalley Range,[4] All Saints’, Liverpool and St John’s, Walton. From 1875 until 1897 he was Vicar of Mossley Hill.[5] He was in 1896 collated Archdeacon of Westmorland, serving until November 1901, and then in 1903 Archdeacon of Birmingham.[6]
In 1905, Diggle was appointed Bishop of Carlisle, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Carlisle.[7] He held the post until his death on 24 March 1920.[8][9]
Personal life
In 1874, Diggle married Cicely Jane Butterfield. In 1884, Diggle married Edith Moss. Diggle had five children: four sons and one daughter.[10]
His son, Percy Robert Diggle, was a rugby union international, representing the Combined British on the 1910 RFU tour to Argentina, an early incarnation of the British and Irish Lions.
References
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- ↑ Donald P. Leinster-Mackay (2004). "Diggle, Joseph Robert (1849–1917)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ 1911 Encyclopaedia Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Genuki
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, Jul 11, 1889; pg. 5; Issue 32748; col D Ecclesiastical Appointments
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ Images of Cumbria
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Obituary The Bishop Of Carlisle. A Liberal Prelate The Times Friday, Mar 26, 1920; pg. 18; Issue 42369; col B
- ↑ "DIGGLE, Rt Rev. John William". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
Church of England titles | ||
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Preceded by John Bardsley |
Bishop of Carlisle 1905–1920 |
Succeeded by Henry Williams |