Cuthbert Bardsley

Cuthbert Killick Norman Bardsley (28 March 1907 – 9 January 1991^[1]) was the Anglican Bishop of Coventry from 1956 to 1976.

Early life

He was born on 28 March 1907, the younger son of a Church of England canon.^[2] He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford.

Ordained Deacon in 1932, he began his career in the East End, as a Curate at Barking, then as Rector of St Mary Magdalene Woolwich,^[3] and was created Provost of Southwark in 1944.^[4] He became Bishop suffragan of Croydon in 1947, transferring to the more senior See of Coventry in 1956,^[5] a post he was to hold for 20 years.

Bardsley was appointed CBE in 1952, an honorary DD of Oxford University in 1957, a Chaplain of the Order of St John and an honorary DLitt of Warwick University in 1976.

1952: Bishop's Move C.K.N. Bardsley
1953: An address given by C.K.N. Bardsley, Bishop suffragan of Croydon, at the annual general meeting of the Church of England Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Institutes at Church House, Westminster SW1 on 8 July 1953.Lambeth Palace Details
1962: Sundry Times, Sundry Places C.K.N. Bardsley
1967: Him We Declare C.K.N. Bardsley
1970: I Believe in Mission C.K.N. Bardsley
1989: Cuthbert Bardsley by Donald Coggan, 1989

^ "Bardsley, Cuthbert Killick Norman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49570. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Who's Who,1971 A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-1140-5 p. 693
^ Crockfords Clerical Directory (Lambeth Palace, Church House, 1982) ISBN 0-19-200010-1
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
^ The Times, Thursday, 9 February 1956; p. 8; Issue 53450; col C Appointed Bishop of Coventry

Church of England titles
Preceded by Frederick Dudley Vaughan Narborough	Provost of Southwark 1944 – 1947	Succeeded by Hugh Edward Ashdown
Preceded by Maurice Harland	Bishop of Croydon 1947 – 1956	Succeeded by John Taylor Hughes
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop to the Forces 1948–1956	Succeeded by Stanley Woodley Betts
Preceded by Neville Vincent Gorton	Bishop of Coventry 1956 – 1976	Succeeded by John Gibbs

v t e Provosts and Deans of Southwark
Provosts	John Haldane Frederick Narborough Cuthbert Bardsley Hugh Ashdown George Reindorp Ernest Southcott Harold Frankham David Edwards Colin Slee (became Dean)
Deans	Colin Slee (previously Provost) Andrew Nunn Mark Oakley

v t e Bishops of Croydon
Canterbury suffragans	Henry Pereira Edward Woods William Anderson Maurice Harland Cuthbert Bardsley John Hughes Stuart Snell (continued in Southwark)
Southwark suffragans	Stuart Snell Wilfred Wood (became first area bishop)
Southwark area bishops	Wilfred Wood Nick Baines Jonathan Clark Rosemarie Mallett

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Other	SNAC

v t e Bishops of Coventry
for earlier Bishops of Coventry, of Coventry and Lichfield, and of Lichfield and Coventry, see Bishop of Lichfield; for the modern suffragans, see Bishop of Coventry (suffragan)
Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs Charles Lisle Carr Mervyn Haigh Neville Gorton Cuthbert Bardsley John Gibbs Simon Barrington-Ward Colin Bennetts Christopher Cocksworth