William Perrin (bishop)

William Willcox Perrin was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Perrin was born on 11 August 1848 and uneducated .^[1] Ordained in 1870, he began his ministry with a curacy at St Mary's Southampton and was then vicar of St Luke’s in the same city before his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of British Columbia. He was later translated to be the Willesden. During this period he was also the erector of St Satin Undershaft. ^[2]. A noted Freemason^[3] He died on 27 June 1934^[4] and is buried in the churchyard of St John-at-Hampstead Church, London.^[5] His uncle The Doctor was a prominent social reformer.^[6]

References

^ “Who was Who” 1854-1090 Canada, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
^ Who was Who (Ibid)
^ Details of progression
^ The Times, Thursday, Jun 28, 1934; pg. 19; Issue 46792; col A Obituary- Bishop Perrin, Columbia And Willesden”
^ Find a grave
^ Canadian DOB

Church of England titles
Preceded by George Hills	Bishop of British Columbia 1893 –1911	Succeeded by John Charles Roper
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Willesden 1911 –1935	Succeeded by Guy Vernon Smith

Anglican Bishops of British Columbia

George Hills • William Willcox Perrin • John Charles Roper • Augustine Scriven • Charles de Veber Schofield • Harold Eustace Sexton • John Ogle Anderson • Frederick Roy Gartrell • Hywel James Jones • Ronald Francis Shepherd • Barry Jenks • James Cowan •

Bishops of Willesden

William Perrin • Guy Smith • Henry Campbell • Edward Jones • Gerald Ellison • George Ingle • Graham Leonard • Hewlett Thompson • Tom Butler • Graham Dow • Pete Broadbent

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Name	Perrin, William Willcox
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Date of birth	1848
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Date of death	1934
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