British bishop
John Tiarks with his wife and parents, 1927
John Gerhard Tiarks (5 April 1903 – 2 January 1974)[ 1] was an Anglican bishop whose ecclesiastical career spanned forty five years[ 2] in the mid twentieth century.
Educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained in 1927[ 3] — he was deaconed at Petertide 1926 (4 July)[ 4] and priested the next Trinity Sunday (12 June 1927), both times by Albert David , Bishop of Liverpool , at Liverpool Cathedral [ 5] — he began his career with a curacy at Christ Church Southport after which he was Vicar of Norris Green . He then held further incumbencies in Widnes and St Helens before becoming Provost of Bradford Cathedral . In 1962[ 6] he became Bishop of Chelmsford ,[ 7] a post he held for nine years.[ 8] He was consecrated a bishop on 24 February 1962 by Michael Ramsey , Archbishop of Canterbury , at Westminster Abbey ;[ 9] he was second-cousin to Geoffrey Tiarks (Bishop of Maidstone , 1969–1976).[ 10] [ 11]
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