Joseph Cowgill

Joseph Robert Cowgill (23 February 1860 – 12 May 1936) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] Joseph Cowgill was born in village Broughton in North Yorkshire on 23 February 1860.

[1] Cowgill became the third Bishop of Leeds,[1] when he succeeded William Gordon who died in office on 7 June 1911.

Joseph Cowgill was known as Children's Bishop, and he celebrated the requiem mass for Mother Mary Loyola, who was an internationally bestselling writer with many books for children.

[2] He was the one to set up (in 1911) the Diocesan Rescue and Protection Society to develop a more systematic approach to addressing the needs of poverty and disadvantage in the Diocese.