{{Short description|Irish Anglican bishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} '''John Arthur Jagoe''' CBE (2 January 1889{{snd}}16 October 1962) was an Irish Anglican bishop who served as Chaplain-in-Chief of the (British) Royal Air Force and the second Bishop of Bermuda.
==Early life== Born on 2 January 1889, Jagoe educated at Trinity College, Dublin.<ref name="Who Was Who - bio" />
==Career== Jagoe was ordained in 1912.<ref>”The Clergy List" London, Kelly’s, 1913</ref> He was a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (captain) in World War I and until he transferred to the Royal Air Force.<ref name="LG 6 November 1923">{{London Gazette |issue=32877 |date=6 November 1923 |page=7552 }}</ref> On 30 October 1923, he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch and granted the relative rank of squadron leader.<ref name="LG 9 November 1923">{{London Gazette |issue=32878 |date=9 November 1923 |page=7663 }}</ref> He was granted a permanent commission on 6 July 1927.<ref name="LG 5 July 1927">{{London Gazette |issue=33291 |date=5 July 1927 |page=4328 }}</ref> He was granted the relative rank of group captain on 6 March 1938.<ref name="LG 26 April 1938">{{London Gazette |issue=34505 |date=26 April 1938 |page=2713 }}</ref>
He was appointed Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief in 1939.<ref name="Who Was Who - bio" /> On 10 April 1944, he was granted the relative rank of air commodore and was appointed Chaplain-in-Chief.<ref name="LG 7 April 1944">{{London Gazette |issue=36462 |date=7 April 1944 |page=1665 |supp=y }}</ref> He was granted the relative rank of air vice-marshal on 1 July 1946.<ref name="LG 2 August 1946">{{London Gazette |issue=37676 |date=2 August 1946 |page=3986 }}</ref> He was succeeded in the appointment of Chaplain-in-Chief by Leslie Wright on 31 March 1949.<ref name="LG 29 March 1949">{{London Gazette |issue=38573 |date=29 March 1949 |page=1590 |supp=y }}</ref> He retired from the Royal Air Force on 26 May 1949.<ref name="LG 31 May 1949">{{London Gazette |issue=38622 |date=31 May 1949 |page=2674 |supp=y }}</ref>
He was appointed to the colonial Episcopate as Bishop of Bermuda following his retirement from the Royal Air Force. He was consecrated bishop by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, on Candlemas (2 February) 1949 at Westminster Abbey.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Bishop of Bermuda consecrated | archive = 1949_02_04_067 | issue = 4487 | date = 4 February 1949 | page = 67 | accessed = 10 November 2019 }}</ref> He held the post to 1955 when he resigned in ill-health.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Bishop of Bermuda | archive = 1955_07_29_001 | issue = 4825 | date = 29 July 1955 | page = 1 | accessed = 10 November 2019 }}</ref> From 1956 to his death, he was Rector of Schull, County Cork, Ireland.<ref name="Who Was Who - bio" />
He died on 16 October 1962.<ref>The Times, Wednesday, 17 October 1962; pg. 19; Issue 55524; col B ''Rt. Rev. Dr. J. A. Jagoe''</ref>
==Personal life== In 1919, Jagoe married Janet Flewett, the daughter of William Flewett the 8th Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. They had no children.<ref name="Who Was Who - bio">{{cite book|title=Who Was Who|year=2007|publisher=A & C Black|location=London}}</ref>
==Honours and decorations== Jagoe was appointed Honorary Chaplain to the King on 30 January 1943.<ref name="LG 12 February 1943">{{London Gazette |issue=35904 |date=12 February 1943 |page=815 |supp=y }}</ref> He vacated the appointment on 26 May 1949.<ref name="LG 24 May 1949">{{London Gazette |issue=38617 |date=24 May 1949 |page=2543 |supp=y }}</ref>
In the 1946 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).<ref name="LG 4 June 1946">{{London Gazette |issue=37598 |date=4 June 1946 |pages=2779–2780 |supp=y }}</ref> In the 1949 New Year Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).<ref name="LG 31 December 1948">{{London Gazette |issue=38493 |date=31 December 1948 |page=3 |supp=y }}</ref>
On 18 November 1947, he was awarded the Czechoslovak Republic's Medal of Merit (1st Class) "in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the war".<ref name="LG 14 November 1947">{{London Gazette |issue=38125 |date=14 November 1947 |page=5423 |supp=y }}</ref>
==References== <references /> {{s-start}} {{S-rel|en}} {{S-bef|before= Maurice Edwards}} {{S-ttl|title=Chaplain-in-Chief of the RAF|years= 1944–1949}} {{S-aft|after=Leslie Wright}} {{s-bef|before=Arthur Browne}} {{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Bermuda|years=1949 –1956 }} {{s-aft|after=Anthony Williams}} {{s-end}} {{RAF Chaplains-in-Chief}} {{Bishops of Bermuda}} {{authority control}}
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