John Nathaniel Quirk was an Anglican Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 in the first quarter of the twentieth century.

John Nathaniel Quirk was the son of The Rev. Charles Thomas Quirk, MA, sometime Rector

Rector

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 of Golborne

Golborne

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. After being educated at Shrewsbury School

Shrewsbury School

Shrewsbury School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged 13 to 18, founded by Royal Charter in 1552. The present campus to which the school moved in 1882 is located on the banks of the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England...

 and St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College, Cambridge

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, he was ordained in 1874. His first post was as a curate

Curate

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 at St Leonard's

St Leonard's Church, Bridgnorth

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, Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth

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, after which he was successively Vicar

Vicar

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 of St Thomas's, Douglas

Douglas, Isle of Man

right|thumb|250px|Douglas Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglasright|thumb|250px|Sea terminal in DouglasDouglas is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,218 people . It is located at the mouth of the River Douglas, and a sweeping...

, St Mary, Beverley

Beverley

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 and St Paul, Lorrimore Square

Lorrimore Square

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 before being appointed Rural Dean

Rural Dean

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 of Bath in 1895. In 1901 he became the first (and as it turned out) only Suffragan Bishop

Suffragan bishop

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 of Sheffield

Sheffield

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. when that city was selected to form the centre of a new diocese, Quirk was translated

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 to be the second Bishop of Jarrow

Bishop of Jarrow

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. He died on 26 April 1924.

Family

Quirk was married, on 22 April 1880 at Brathay Church, Ambleside, to Mary Jane Clay (b. 17 August 1856 at Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent; d. 21 Aug 1934 at Ulverstoke
). She was the daughter of Rev. John Clay(1805-1877) of Burton-on-Trent and his wife, Jessie Harden (1814-1908) of Ambleside

Ambleside

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.

John and Mary had two sons and a daughter:-

Rev. Robert Quirk 1883-1949 m. Stella Sedgewick in 1908 and had Roger, Diana and Catharine

Douglas Quirk 1887-1939 m. Inna Obolianoff in 1923, no issue

Margery Quirk 1886-1911 d.unm.