William Quinlan Lash

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William Quinlan Lash was the Bishop of Bombay from 1947 until 1961^[1]. He was born on 5 February 1905 and educated at Tonbridge School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge ^[2]. Ordained in 1929 his first post was as Curate at St Mary’s Portsea.

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He then emigrated to India, where he was Vicar of Poona until his elevation to the Episcopate^[3]. A noted author^[4] in retirement he continued to serve the church as an Assistant Bishop within the Truro Diocese.

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Preceded by Richard Dyke Acland	Bishop of Bombay 1947 – 1961	Succeeded by Charles James Gossage Robinson

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^ The beginning and end of “religion” Lash,N Cambridge CUP 1996 ISBN I0521566355 The author is the nephew of Bishop Lash
^ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
^ The Times, Monday, May 12, 1947; pg. 3; Issue 50758; col C New Bishop of Bombay
^ ”Approach to Christian Mysticism”, 1947; “The Temple of God's Wounds”, 1951

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Thomas Carr • John Harding • Henry Alexander Douglas • Louis George Mylne • James Macarthur • Walter Ruthven Pym • Edwin James Palmer • Richard Dyke Acland • William Quinlan Lash • Charles James Gossage Robinson • Arthur William Luther • Dinesh Chandra Gorai • Prakash Dinkar Patole •