Born at
Old Hall Green,
Hertfordshire on 4 February 1857, he was
ordained to the
priesthood on 8 October 1882. In 1917, the
Diocese of Brentwood was created from the Archdiocese of Westminster. Ward was appointed the
Apostolic Administrator and
Titular Bishop of
Lydda on 22 March 1917. His
consecration to the
Episcopate took place on 10 April 1917, the principal
consecrator was Cardinal
Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were John Francis Vaughan,
Auxiliary Bishop of
Salford and Joseph Butt, Auxiliary Bishop of
Westminster. Three months later, Ward was appointed the first
Bishop of the
Diocese of Brentwood on 20 July 1917. He died in office on 21 January 1920, aged 63, and is buried in the chapel of
St Edmund's College, Ware, where he had served as President. ==References==