John Ward (bishop of Leavenworth)

John Chamberlain Ward (May 25, 1857 – April 20, 1929) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[2] Returning to the United States, he studied philosophy and theology at St. Meinrad's Seminary in Spencer County, Indiana.

[3] Ward was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B., on July 17, 1884.

[4] After serving as a curate at the cathedral of Leavenworth, Kansas for three months, he was named pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Marshall County.

[4] He received his episcopal consecration on February 22, 1911 from Archbishop Diomede Falconio, O.F.M., with Bishops Thomas Francis Lillis and John Joseph Hennessy serving as co-consecrators.