Bernard Oliver Francis Heywood (1 March 1871March 1960) was a bishop in the

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Family and education

Heywood was born into a distinguished ecclesiastical family, the sixth son of Henry Robinson Heywood, priest and

honorary canon A canon (from the Latin , itself derived from the Greek , , "relating to a rule", "regular") is a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, i ...

of Manchester Cathedral. Bernard married Marion Maude and they had five sons and two daughters. He was educated at

Sunningdale School Sunningdale School is a family-run boys' preparatory independent boarding school of around 100 pupils, situated in Sunningdale in Berkshire, close to London, England. Introduction Sunningdale School is a small school that seeks to educate its ...

, then Harrow School and Welldon. He went to

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...

and graduated in 1892.

Ministry

He was ordained priest in the

in 1895. 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 Leeds Minster, or the Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds (formerly Leeds Parish Church) is the minster church of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the site of the oldest church in the city and is of architectural and l ...

from 1916 to 1926. Bishop of Southwell from 1926 to 1928 (before resigning owing to a period of ill health), he was subsequently an Assistant Bishop of York from 1929 to 1931 (during which time he had oversight of the East Riding) and then suffragan Bishop of Hull (effectively the same role) and

Archdeacon of the East Riding The Archdeacon of the East Riding is a senior ecclesiastical officer of an archdeaconry, or subdivision, of the Church of England Diocese of York in the Province of York. It is named for the East Riding of Yorkshire and consists of the eight rur ...

from 1931 to 1934. From 1934, he was Bishop of Ely, retiring (again in ill health) in 1940/41. From October 1942 to 1951 he was Assistant Bishop of St Albans.

Works

*''The Bible Day by Day'' *''This is our Faith''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heywood, Bernard Oliver Francis 1871 births 1960 deaths People educated at Sunningdale School People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Bishops of Southwell Bishops of Hull Bishops of Ely 20th-century Church of England bishops Archdeacons of the East Riding Assistant bishops of York Assistant bishops of St Albans

Bernard Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...