John Harding was an English clergyman, who served as Bishop of Bombay

Bishop of Bombay

The Bishop of Bombay was the Ordinary of the Anglican Church in Bombay from its inception in 1837 until the foundation of the Church in India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon in 1927; and since then head of one of its most prominent Dioceses.-External links:*...

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Harding was educated at Westminster School

Westminster School

The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...

 and went then to Worcester College, Oxford

Worcester College, Oxford

Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in the eighteenth century, but its predecessor on the same site had been an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century...

, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1829, having been 3rd class in classics. In 1836, he was appointed to the rectory of St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe

St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe

St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe is a Church of England church located on Queen Victoria Street, London in the City of London, near Blackfriars station.-History:...

 and St Ann Blackfriars

St Ann Blackfriars

St Ann Blackfriars was a London church of the seventeenth century, situated in the ward of Farringdon Within in Church Entry, Carter Lane. It was near the Blackfriars Theatre, a fact which displeased its congregation...

 until 1851 when he ascended to the Episcopate. Subsequently he was consecrated the second Bishop of Bombay

Bishop of Bombay

The Bishop of Bombay was the Ordinary of the Anglican Church in Bombay from its inception in 1837 until the foundation of the Church in India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon in 1927; and since then head of one of its most prominent Dioceses.-External links:*...

, a post he held until 1869. For some time he served as secretary to the Church Pastoral Aid Society

Church Pastoral Aid Society

is an Anglican evangelical mission agency which works with a wide variety of churches across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Its aim is to ‘enable churches to help every person hear and discover the good news of Jesus’. It provides a range of tools, training and resources to churches to develop...

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