Edward Mowll

Edward Worsfold Mowll (1881–1964) was an Anglican bishop, the fourth Bishop of Middleton.^[1]

Educated at The King’s School, Canterbury and Jesus College, Cambridge,^[2] he was ordained in 1905 and after a curacy at Leyton became secretary of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society. Incumbencies at Benwell, Southport and Oxford followed,^[3] before he became Provost of Bradford Cathedral in 1933. Elevation to the Episcopate followed ten years later and he stayed in this, his final post, until retirement in 1951. A “kind and fatherly man”,^[4] he died in 1964.

Notes

↑ The Times, Monday, Aug 02, 1943; pg. 6; Issue 49613; col C E New Bishop Suffragan Of Middleton
↑ "Mowll, Edward Worsfold (MWL900EW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ The Times, Monday, Jun 15, 1964; pg. 14; Issue 56038; col A Rt. Rev. E. W. Mowll Former Bishop Of Middleton

Church of England titles
Preceded by Cecil Wilson	Provost of Bradford 1933–1943	Succeeded by John Tiarks
Preceded by Arthur Alston	Bishop of Middleton 1943 – 1952	Succeeded by Frank Woods

Provosts and Deans of Bradford

Provosts	Cecil Wilson Edward Mowll John Tiarks Alan Cooper Brandon Jackson John Richardson (became Dean)

Deans	John Richardson Christopher Hancock David Ison Andy Williams (acting)

Bishops of Middleton

Richard Parsons Cecil Wilson Arthur Alston Edward Mowll Frank Woods Robert Nelson Ted Wickham Donald Tytler Stephen Venner Michael Lewis Mark Davies

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