| Type: | Archbishop |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
| John Bernard | |
| Honorific Suffix: | D.D. |
| Archbishop of Dublin Primate of Ireland | |
| Church: | Church of Ireland |
| Diocese: | Dublin and Glendalough |
| Elected: | 7 October 1915 |
| Term: | 1915–1919 |
| Retired: | --> |
| Predecessor: | Joseph Peacocke |
| Successor: | Charles D'Arcy |
| Other Post: | 35th Provost of Trinity College (1919–1927) |
| Consecration: | 25 July 1911 |
| Consecrated By: | Joseph Peacocke |
| Birth Date: | 1860 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Raniganj, British Raj |
| Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Tomb: | --> |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Spouse: | Maude Nannie Bernard |
| Children: | 4 |
| Previous Post: | Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin (1911–1915) |
John Henry Bernard, PC (27 July 1860 – 29 August 1927), was an Irish Anglican clergyman.
Bernard was born in Raniganj, India. He was a scholar in Trinity College Dublin in 1879, graduated with a BA in mathematics in 1880. He was elected a Fellow there in 1884, and was later a member of the council of the university, where he held the office of King's Lecturer of Divinity from 1888 to 1902.[1]
He was appointed treasurer of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, by the Dean Henry Jellett in 1897.[2] On Jellett's death, in December 1901, Bernard became a favorite to succeed him as Dean, a position to which he was elected by the chapter of the cathedral 6 February 1902. He served as such until 1911, when he was appointed Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin. In 1915 he was appointed Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, serving until 1919.
A prolific scholar, in many fields, including Church history, theology and philosophy, he was the president of the Royal Irish Academy from 1916 to 1921 and Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1919 to 1927. He was a member of the Board of National Education in Ireland, in which capacity he served as examiner of mathematics in the 1880s.[3] He was regarded as an Unionist, representing the interests of unionism as a delegate to the 1917–18 Irish Convention.
Bernard married his cousin Maude Nannie Bernard in 1885; they had two sons and two daughters (Parker (2005): 73).In April 1915 his son, Lieutenant Robert Bernard of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers was killed in action during the Gallipoli Campaign. He is commemorated at V Beach Cemetery by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[4]