Howard Cruse (bishop)

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John Howard Cruse (known as Howard;{{citation |url=http://oldedwardians.org.uk/nlc/mags/49July.html |title=KING EDWARD VII SCHOOL MAGAZINE |date=July 1949 |volume =12 |number=9 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffieldguides.org.uk/guidenewsarc.htm |title=Guide News Archives |website=www.sheffieldguides.org.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030527133456/http://www.sheffieldguides.org.uk/guidenewsarc.htm |archive-date=2003-05-27}}

15 February 1908 – 11 April 1979) was Bishop of Knaresborough from 1965 to 1972.

Cruse was educated at Jesus College, CambridgeWho's Who 1970 London, A & C Black, 1971 {{ISBN|0-7136-1140-5}} and studied for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford before curacies at Southall and Folkestone. From 1936 until 1949 he held incumbencies at Harrow and Cambridge,Christens infant son of University Don cited in The Times, Tuesday, 6 May 1947; p. 7; Issue 50753; col B followed by a 16-year stint as Provost of Sheffield.Announces plans as Provost of Sheffield Cathedral "The Times", Friday, 15 November 1957; p. 12; Issue 53999; col D Start On Enlarging Cathedral Seven-Year Plan At Sheffield In 1965 he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough where he remained until his retirement.Due to failing sight cited in "The Times", Tuesday, 21 December 1971; p. 12; Issue 58356; col A He married twice: firstly in 1942 Ethne Sterling-Berry; and after her death in 1977 Violet Briscoe.