William Walsh (Bishop)

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William Walsh was a former Bishop of Mauritius^[1] and Dover^[2]. Born in 1836 and educated at Merton College, Oxford, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Horsell and was successively Vicar of St Matthew Newington, Secretary of the Church Missionary Society and a Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral^[3] before his elevation to the episcopate.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Peter Sorenson Royston	Bishop of Mauritius 1891 – 1897	Succeeded by Walter Ruthven Pym
Preceded by George Rodney Eden	Bishop of Dover 1898 – 1916	Succeeded by Harold Ernest Bilbrough

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The Times, Tuesday, Oct 19, 1897; pg. 4; Issue 35338; col B Bishop of Mauriius to return to Canterbury
2. ^ ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
3. ^ During which time he wrote "Progress of the Church in London"(1887)

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