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John Arthur Jagoe CBE (2 January 188916 October 1962) was an Irish people Anglican bishop who served as Chaplain-in-Chief of the (British) Royal Air Force and the second Bishop of Bermuda.
He was appointed Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief in 1939. On 10 April 1944, he was granted the relative rank of air commodore and was appointed Chaplain-in-Chief. He was granted the relative rank of air vice-marshal on 1 July 1946. He was succeeded in the appointment of Chaplain-in-Chief by Leslie Wright on 31 March 1949. He retired from the Royal Air Force on 26 May 1949.
He was appointed to the colonial Episcopate as Bishop of Bermuda following his retirement from the Royal Air Force. He was consecrated bishop by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, on Candlemas (2 February) 1949 at Westminster Abbey. He held the post to 1955 when he resigned in ill-health. From 1956 to his death, he was Rector of Schull, County Cork, Ireland.
He died on 16 October 1962.The Times, Wednesday, 17 October 1962; pg. 19; Issue 55524; col B Rt. Rev. Dr. J. A. Jagoe
In the 1946 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In the 1949 New Year Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).
On 18 November 1947, he was awarded the Czechoslovakia's Medal of Merit (1st Class) "in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the war".
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