William Walsh (bishop of Dover)

For other bishops named William Walsh, see William Walsh (disambiguation).

William Walsh (1836–1918) 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.

Notes

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

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

Bishops of Mauritius

Vincent Ryan • Thomas Hatchard • Henry Huxtable • Peter Royston • William Walsh • Walter Pym • Francis Gregory • Cyril Golding-Bird • Hugh Otter-Barry • Alan Rogers • Edwin Curtis • Ghislain Emmanuel • Trevor Huddleston • Rex Donat • Ian Ernest

Bishops of Dover

Medieval	Richard Yngworth • Richard Thornden • Richard Rogers

Modern	Edward Parry • George Eden • William Walsh • Harold Bilbrough • John Macmillan • Alfred Rose • Lewis Meredith • Anthony Tremlett • Richard Third • Richard Llewellin • Stephen Venner • Trevor Willmott