1. John William Diggle was an English Anglican bishop.
12 Facts About John Diggle
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John Diggle was Archdeacon of Westmorland from 1896 to 1901, Archdeacon of Birmingham from 1903 to 1904, and Bishop of Carlisle from 1905 to his death in 1920.
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John Diggle was in 1896 collated Archdeacon of Westmorland, serving until November 1901, and then in 1903 Archdeacon of Birmingham.
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In 1905, John Diggle was appointed Bishop of Carlisle, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Carlisle.
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John Diggle was one of the most vociferous episcopal supporters of British involvement in the Great War.
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John Diggle blamed Prussian militarism and was appalled at what he regarded as German cruelty to Belgian and French civilians who had been overrun in the German advance.
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John Diggle regarded it as a spiritual war, the 'Good'of Britain and her allies facing the wickedness of Germany and, therefore, fighting for a choice between '.
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John Diggle refused to accept candidates for ordination if they were 'of military age and medically fit at this critical juncture in the nation's needs'.
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One of John Diggle's last tasks was to join President Wilson of the USA in the nonconformist chapel where Wilson's ancestors had worshipped, and was widely criticised since he was a CofE bishop.
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John Diggle was unmoved and wanted to welcome the President on his visit to the diocese.
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John Diggle continued as bishop until his death on 24 March 1920.
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John Diggle's son, Percy Robert Diggle, was a rugby union international, representing the Combined British on the 1910 RFU tour to Argentina, an early incarnation of the British and Irish Lions.