Wilmot Vyvyan

The Rt Rev Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan (12 August 1861 – 26 August 1937) was an Anglican Bishop in the mid-20th century.[1].

Born into a noble family on 12 August 1861,[2] Wilmot Vyvyan was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] Ordained in 1888,[4] he was curate at the Charterhouse Mission, St Hugh’s, Southwark,[5] becoming its Priest in charge from 1892 until 1901, when he emigrated to South Africa. Here he was Mission Priest at Isandhlwana before elevation to the Episcopate as the fourth Bishop of Zululand in 1903,[6] a post he was to hold for 26 years. He died on 26 August 1937.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Vyvyan, Wilmot Lushington in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958. Another copy at Genealogical web-site
  2. ^ Rootsweb
  3. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  4. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. ^ Church web-site
  6. ^ University of the Witwatersrand
  7. ^ The Times, Saturday, Aug 28, 1937; pg. 12; Issue 47775; col C Bishop Vyvyan Long Service In Zululand
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
William Marlborough Carter		 Bishop of Zululand
1903 –1929		 Succeeded by
Charles Arthur William Aylen
Bishops of Zululand

Thomas Edward Wilkinson • Douglas MacKenzie • William Marlborough Carter • Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan • Charles Arthur William Aylen • Albert William Lee • Eric Joseph Trapp • Thomas Joseph Savage • Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu • Lawrence Bekisisa Zulu • Peter Harker • Anthony Mdletshe • Dino Gabriel •