John Gerhard Tiarks (5 April 19032 January 1974)Obituary Bishop Tiarks, The Times, 5 January 1974; p. 12; Issue 58980; col G was an Anglican bishop whose ecclesiastical career spanned forty five years“Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 in the mid twentieth century.
Educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained in 1927Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 — he was deaconed at Petertide 1926 (4 July) and priested the next Trinity Sunday (12 June 1927), both times by Albert David, Bishop of Liverpool, at Liverpool Cathedral — he began his career with a curacy at Christ Church Southport after which he was Vicar of Norris Green. He then held further incumbencies in Widnes and St Helens before becoming Provost of Bradford Cathedral. In 1962National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives he became Bishop of Chelmsford,The Times, Thursday, 1 March 1962; p. 14; Issue 55328; col B New Bishop of Chelmsford a post he held for nine years.SEAX He was consecrated a bishop on 24 February 1962 by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey; he was second-cousin to Geoffrey Tiarks (Bishop of Maidstone, 1969–1976).
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