John Nathaniel Quirk (1849 – 26 April 1924) was an

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bishop.

Early life

Quirk was the son of Charles Thomas Quirk, sometime

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of Golborne. After being educated at Shrewsbury School and

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, he was ordained deacon in 1874 and priest in the following year.

Ecclesiastical career

His first post was as a

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at St Leonard's, Bridgnorth, where he served for four years, after which he was at Doncaster. He was Vicar of St Thomas's,

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, for a year, then successively Vicar of Rotherham, of St Mary′s, Beverley and of St Paul′s,

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, before being appointed Canon of York in 1888. He was appointed Rector and Rural Dean of

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in 1895, where he was heavily involved with the restoration of

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. Quirk had recently been nominated Vicar Designate of Doncaster, when in September 1901 he became the first and (as it turned out) only Bishop of Sheffield to be a

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in the Diocese of York. He was consecrated as a bishop in York Minster on 18 October 1901. In May 1902 he received the degree

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(DD) from the University of Cambridge. When Sheffield was selected to form the centre of a new diocese in 1914, Quirk was

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to be the second

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(a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Durham). He also served as Archdeacon of Durham from 1922 to 1924. He was appointed Honorary Chaplain to the Yeomanry regiment the Yorkshire Dragoons on 28 May 1902. He died on 26 April 1924. He had become a

(DD).

Family

Quirk was married, on 22 April 1880 at Brathay Church, Ambleside, to Mary Jane Clay (b. 17 August 1856 at Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent; d. 21 August 1934 at Ulverstoke). She was the daughter of John Clay(1805–1877), a priest, of Burton-on-Trent, and his wife, Jessie Harden (1814–1908) of Ambleside. They had two sons and a daughter: * Robert Quirk (1883–1949), m. Stella Sedgewick in 1908 and had children Roger, Diana and Catharine. * Douglas Quirk (1887–1939), m. Inna Obolianoff in 1923, no children. * Margery Quirk (1886–1911) d.unm.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quirk, John Nathaniel 1849 births 1924 deaths People educated at Shrewsbury School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Bishops suffragan of Sheffield Bishops of Jarrow Archdeacons of Durham 20th-century Church of England bishops