1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Diggle, John William

DIGGLE, JOHN WILLIAM (1847–1920), English divine, was born at Strawberry Hill, Pendleton, March 2 1847. He was educated at Manchester grammar school and Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1870, being ordained in 1871. After many years of energetic work in various parishes he was in 1892 made examining-chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle, Dr. Bardsley. Four years later he became archdeacon of Westmorland and canon residentiary of Carlisle. In 1902 he became rector of St. Martin's, Birmingham, in 1903 was made archdeacon of Birmingham, and in 1905 became Bishop of Carlisle, where his energy and industry brought him a great reputation. He died at Rose Castle, Carlisle, March 24 1920.