Gerard William Tickle (2 November 1909 – 14 September 1994) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] Born in Birkenhead in 1909, he was educated at Douai School and ordained to the priesthood on 28 October 1934.

He served as Vice-Rector of the English College, Rome 1946-52 and Rector 1952-63.

His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 1 December 1963, the principal consecrator was Cardinal William Theodore Heard, and the principal co-consecrators were Cardinal John Carmel Heenan and Bishop William Eric Grasar.

[1] Bishop Tickle was the target of an assassination attempt by an Irish republican bomber, Shane Paul O'Doherty, after, O'Doherty later claimed, he had read "... a newspaper story quoting Tickle as saying British soldiers did nothing wrong on Bloody Sunday.