John Wareing Bardsley (29 March 1835 – 14 March 1904) was the Bishop of Carlisle.
He was the son of Canon James Bardsley, once a Bradford curate. As a boy he lived in Church Street, Burnley, attending Burnley Grammar School between 1843 and 1848. He continued his education at Manchester Grammar School"Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 and Trinity College, Dublin.
He began his career as a curate at St Anne's SaleIsle of Man web site after which he held incumbencies at St John's, BootleChurch web site and then St Saviour's, Liverpool."The Clergy List" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 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,Images of Cumbria a post he held until his death on 14 March 1904.The Times, Monday, Sep 19, 1904; pg. 9; Issue 37503; col C Funeral Of The Bishop Of Carlisle
He was buried at Roughtonhead near Carlisle. Whilst at Bootle he had married Mary Powell with whom he had five children.
Later generations of the Bardsley family included Cyril Bardsley, Bishop of Peterborough from 1924 to 1927, and Cuthbert Bardsley, suffragan Bishop of Croydon from 1947 to 1956, and Bishop of Coventry from 1956 to 1976.Donald Coggan, Cuthbert Bardsley: Bishop, Evangelist, Pastor, Collins, London, 1989.
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