Bernard Heywood

Bernard Oliver Francis Heywood (1 March 1871 – 13 March 1960) was a bishop in the Church of England.[1][2]

Bernard Heywood
Bishop of Ely
Heywood as Bishop of Ely, 1935
DioceseDiocese of Ely
In office1934–1940/1
PredecessorLeonard White-Thomson
SuccessorEdward Wynn
Orders
Ordination1894 (deacon); 1895 (priest)
by James Moorhouse
Consecration25 March 1926
by Randall Davidson
Personal details
Born(1871-03-01)1 March 1871
Died13 March 1960(1960-03-13) (aged 89)
Winslow, Buckinghamshire, UK
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsHenry (priest)
SpouseMarion Maude
Childrenseven
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Family and education

Heywood was born into a distinguished ecclesiastical family, the sixth son of Henry Robinson Heywood, priest and honorary canon of Manchester Cathedral.[3] Bernard married Marion Maude and they had five sons and two daughters. He was educated at Sunningdale School, then Harrow School and Welldon. He went to Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated in 1892.[4]

Ministry

He was made deacon in the Church of England on Trinity Sunday 1894 (20 May)[5] and ordained priest the following Trinity Sunday (9 June 1895) — both times by James Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester, at Manchester Cathedral.[6] He was Vicar of St Paul's Church, Bury from 1897 to 1906; Vicar of St Peter's Church, Swinton from 1906 to 1916; and Vicar of Leeds Parish Church from 1916 to 1926.

In January 1926, Heywood's nomination to become the next Bishop of Southwell was approved;[7] since that diocese had no Dean and Chapter at the time, his appointment was effected not by election[8] but by letters patent dated 1 February[9] and he was consecrated a bishop on Lady Day (25 March), by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[10] He served that diocese until ill-health necessitated his resignation, which was accepted before 11 May 1928.[11]

From June 1929 onwards, Heywood served as an Assistant Bishop of York with oversight of the East Riding[12] (Francis Gurdon, Bishop of Hull, resigned in ill-health effective 1 July 1929)[13] Heywood himself was then appointed to succeed Gurdon as suffragan Bishop of Hull in July 1931[14] and Archdeacon of the East Riding the same year.[15] He served in both posts until 1934, when he became Bishop of Ely,[16] retiring (again in ill health) in 1940/41.[17]

From October 1942 to 1951 he was Assistant Bishop of St Albans.[18] Heywood died in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, to where he had retired in 1951.[19]

Works
  • The Bible Day by Day
  • This is our Faith

References
  1. "Heywood, Bernard O. F.". Who's Who. A & C Black. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U238551. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. The Times, 15 March 1960
  3. "Genealogical details". Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  4. "Heywood, Bernard Oliver Francis (HWT889BO)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. "Ordinations on Sunday Last". Church Times. No. 1635. 25 May 1894. p. 565. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 11 April 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. "Ordinations on Sunday Last". Church Times. No. 1690. 14 June 1895. p. 676. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 11 April 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. "The vacant bishopric of Southwell". Church Times. No. 3287. 22 January 1926. p. 86. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 April 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. "Nottingham and Derby". Church Times. No. 3291. 19 February 1926. p. 214. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 April 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. "No. 33130". The London Gazette. 5 February 1926. p. 878.
  10. "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 3297. 1 April 1926. p. 416. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 April 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. "Diocese of Southwell". Church Times. No. 3407. 11 May 1928. p. 554. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 April 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  12. "Church News: Personal". Church Times. No. 3465. 21 June 1929. p. 758. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  13. "Church News: Personal". Church Times. No. 3463. 7 June 1929. p. 690. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  14. "New Bishop of Hull". Church Times. No. 3575. 31 July 1931. p. 135. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  15. "Varieties of Episcopal experience". Church Times. No. 4152. 21 August 1942. p. 458. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  16. Article in Time magazine
  17. "The Bishop of Ely resigning". Church Times. No. 4064. 13 December 1940. p. 794. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  18. "St. Albans — An Assistant-Bishop". Church Times. No. 4152. 21 August 1942. p. 460. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  19. "in memoriam — Bishop Bernard Heywood". Church Times. No. 5066. 18 March 1960. p. 7. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 11 April 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
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