Cyril Charles Bowman Bardsley (13 February 1870 – 20 December 1940) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.New Bishop Of Peterborough. Dr. Bardsley Appointed The Times Friday, 23 Nov 1923; pg. 14; Issue 43506; col GEcclesiastical News New Bishop Of Leicester The Times Saturday, 13 Apr 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48589; col D
Bardsley was educated at Marlborough College and New College, Oxford“Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 and ordained in 1895."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 His first post was as a curate at Huddersfield Parish Church.Church website He then held incumbencies at Nottingham and St Helen's, Merseyside.British history on-line He then became the secretary of the Church Missionary SocietyDetails of tenure until his ordination to the episcopateNational Archives as the Bishop of Peterborough in 1924.Bishops of Peterborough In 1927, he was translated to be the first diocesan Bishop of Leicester in the modern era. Described in his Times obituary as "a pastoral Bishop who lived for nothing but to serve his Master and minister to his people",Monday, 23 Dec 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48806; col G Obituary Dr Cyril Bardsley he died shortly after resigning his see in Tunbridge Wells.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1941
His nephew was Cuthbert Bardsley, who was Suffragan Bishop of Croydon from 1947 to 1956, and Bishop of Coventry from 1956 till 1976. He was also related to John Bardsley, Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1887 to 1891, and Bishop of Carlisle from 1891 to 1914.Donald Coggan, Cuthbert Bardsley: Bishop, Evangelist, Pastor, Collins, London, 1989.
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