John Bernard (bishop)

The Right Reverend John Henry Bernard PC (27 July 1860 – 29 August 1927), was an Irish clergyman.

Bernard was born in Raniganj, India. He was Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1902 to 1911, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin from 1911 to 1915 and Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin from 1915 to 1919.

A prolific scholar, in many fields, including Church history, theology and philosophy, he was the Provost of Trinity College, Dublin from 1919 to 1927. He was regarded as an unrepentant Unionist, representng their interests as a delegate to the 1917-18 Irish Convention.

Bernard married his cousin Maude Nannie Bernard in 1885; they had two sons and two daughters (Parker (2005): 73).

Selected works

• Butler, Joseph (1900). J.H. Bernard (ed.). ed. The works of Bishop Butler; a new edition with introduction and notes by J. H. Bernard. London: Macmillan & Co. 
• Kant, Immanuel (1914). J.H. Bernard (ed.). ed. Kant's Critique of judgement / translated with introduction and notes by J.H. Bernard (2nd ed, rev. ed.). London: Macmillan & Co. xlviii, 429 p.. 
• Bernard, John Henry (1920). Dogma and criticism. London: Longmans, Green, & Co. p. 38 p.. 
• Bernard, John Henry (1924). The cathedral church of Saint Patrick : a history & description of the building, with a short account of the deans. London: G. Bell. xii, 88 p.. 
• Bernard, John Henry (1928). A.H. McNeile (ed.). ed. A critical and exegetical commentary on the Gospel according to St. John. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. xii, 88 p.. 

References

• Parker, Sarah (2005). Grace & Favour: The Hampton Court Palace Community 1750–1950. Hampton Court Palace: Historic Royal Palaces. 

External links

• Some Archbishops of Dublin (T.S. Lindsay - Dublin, 1928) http://anglicanhistory.org/ireland/lindsay5.html
• The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge Vol. II (original publication 1908 - circa 1914) http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc02.b.html?term=Bernard+John+Henry
• Grace & Favour: A handbook of who lived where in Hampton Court Palace 1750 to 1950 (see above) http://www.hrp.org.uk/Downloads/989B4A_7112_4a%20WEBHampton%20Court.pdf

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Henry Jellett	Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 1902–1911	Succeeded by Charles Thomas Ovenden
Preceded by Charles Frederick D'Arcy	Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin 1911–1915	Succeeded by John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg
Preceded by Joseph Ferguson Peacocke	Archbishop of Dublin 1915–1919	Succeeded by Charles Frederick D'Arcy
Academic offices
Preceded by John Pentland Mahaffy	Provost of Trinity College, Dublin 1919–1927	Succeeded by Edward John Gwynn