Education
John Bowers was educated at Magdalen School and Street John"s College, Cambridge.
John Bowers was educated at Magdalen School and Street John"s College, Cambridge.
His first post after ordination was as a Curate at Coggeshall. From 1882 to 1903 he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Gloucester and went on to be Diocesan Missioner and a Residentiary Canon at Gloucester Cathedral (1890–1902}. In January 1902 he was appointed Archdeacon of Gloucester before his elevation as Bishop of Thetford and Archdeacon of Lynn in 1903 which refers to Kings Lynn.
A prominent Freemason, he died on 6 January 1926.