James Bowstead

{{Short description|British Anglican clergyman}}

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| name = James Bowstead

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| title = Bishop of Lichfield

| diocese = Diocese of Lichfield

| term = 1840–1843

| predecessor = Samuel Butler

| successor = John Lonsdale

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| alma_mater = Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

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James Bowstead (1 May 1801 – 11 October 1843) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man (1838–1840) and Bishop of Lichfield (1840–1843).{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 255 and 274.

Born in Great Salkeld, he was educated at Bampton grammar school and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,{{acad|id= BWST820J|name=Bowstead, James}} where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1824 and a Doctorate of Divinity in 1834.{{cite web |url=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/people/bishops/bowstead.htm |title=James Bowstead - Bishop 1838-1840 |work=A Manx Note Book: People |publisher=Isle of Man.com |access-date=4 June 2012}} He was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1824–1838) and also a tutor at the college (1832–1838). During that period, he was ordained a priest in the Anglican ministry in 1827 and became Rector of Rettendon, Essex in 1837.

He was nominated Bishop of Sodor and Man by Queen Victoria on 13 July 1838 and was consecrated by Archbishop William Howley of Canterbury on 22 July 1838.{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 274.{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |last2=Smith |first2=D. M. |last3=Mussett |first3=P. |year=2004 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35885 |chapter=Bishops of Sodor and Man |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses |publisher=British History Online |pages=141–146}} Eighteen months later, he was translated to the bishopric of Lichfield on 23 January 1840.{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 255.{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=2003 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34733 |chapter=Bishops of Lichfield |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 10: Coventry and Lichfield Diocese |publisher=British History Online |pages=1–5}}

He died in office at Clifton, Bristol in 1843, aged 42.

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