John Diggle

The Right Reverend
John Diggle
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 (1847-03-02)2 March 1847
Died 24 March 1920(1920-03-24) (aged 73)
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

  1. ↑ Donald P. Leinster-Mackay (2004). "Diggle, Joseph Robert (1849–1917)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  2. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. ↑ 1911 Encyclopaedia Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Genuki
  5. ↑ The Times, Thursday, Jul 11, 1889; pg. 5; Issue 32748; col D Ecclesiastical Appointments
  6. ↑ London Gazette
  7. ↑ Images of Cumbria
  8. ↑ National Archives
  9. ↑ Obituary The Bishop Of Carlisle. A Liberal Prelate The Times Friday, Mar 26, 1920; pg. 18; Issue 42369; col B
  10. ↑ "DIGGLE, Rt Rev. John William". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Bardsley		 Bishop of Carlisle
1905–1920		 Succeeded by
Henry Williams
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