Person DS/UK/451 Gardner; Bernard (1930-1982); Jesuit Priest Gardner Bernard 1930-1982 Jesuit Priest Male Born 17 December 1930 Lancaster. Entered the English Province of the Society of Jesus 7 September 1951. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest 1 August 1965. Final Vows in the Society of Jesus 2 February 1968. Died 17 June 1982 Carnforth (Lancs).

Fr Bernard Gardner was born in 1930 in Lancaster and was educated at Preston Catholic College before joining the novitiate at Harlaxton in 1951. He studied philosophy at Heythrop and Roehampton, undertook a teacher training course at Manresa College, read English at Campion Hall, taught as a scholastic at Stamford Hill, returned to Heythrop for theology, and was ordained 1965. He completed his tyertianship at Pomfret Center, Connecticut , then to the University of California where he obtained an MFA degree in theatre arts in 1969. Later in 1969, he went to Georgetown, Guyana, where, in addition to pastoral work, he was heavily engaged in broadcasting (religious as well as otherwise). He gave courses in radio, television and film throughout the Caribbean under the authority of the Antilles Episcopal Conference and the Caribbean Conference of Churches. He returned to Britain in 1979 and joined the staff at Holy Name, Manchester. and was appointed superior and parish priest 1980. He died suddenly of a heart attack while staying with his mother on 17 June 1982. Member of the English Province of the Society of Jesus Catalogus Defunctorum 1970-1985 (Society of Jesus). National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Archives 28/09/2010 user 09/02/2023 be92d1b6-db4d-4779-8f45-9ca78123f45b