Background
Ward, John Aloysius Son of Eugene and Hannah (Cheetham) Ward.
Ward, John Aloysius Son of Eugene and Hannah (Cheetham) Ward.
Educated, Prior Park College, Bath, England.
Received, Capuchin Franciscan Friar, 1945; solemn profession, 1950; ordained priest, 1953; with, Diocesan Travelling Mission, Menevia, 1954-1960; guardian and parish priest, Peckham, London, 1960-1966; provincial definitor, 1963-1969; provincial director of vocations, 1963-1969; minister provincial, 1969-1970; general definitor, Rome, 1970-1980; bishop coadjutor, Menevia, 1980; bishop, Menevia, 1981-1983; archbishop, Cardiff, Wales, since 1983.