Thomas Welland

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Thomas James Welland
Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore
In office
1892–1907
Personal details
Born 31 March 1830
Dublin
Died 29 July 1907
Holywood
Nationality Irish
Spouse(s) Anna née Brooke
Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin
Religion Church of Ireland

Thomas James Welland (31 March 1830-29 July 1907) was an Irish Anglican bishop.[1][2][3][4]

Welland was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1854.[5] He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Carlow,[6] after which he was vicar of Painstown and then assistant chaplain of the Mariners’ Church in Kingstown. He was the clerical secretary of the Jews’ Society, Ireland from 1862 to 1866 and then assistant chaplain at Christ Church, Dublin until 1870.[7] He the became the incumbent at St Thomas’s Belfast from 1870 until his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore in 1892.[8][9] He died in post on 29 July 1907.[10]

References

  1. Ireland Anglican
  2. Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  3. Bantry House Collection
  4. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976, ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  5. Multiple News Items, The Standard (London, England), 28 September 1854; Issue 9405
  6. Ecclesiastical Intelligence, The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), 4 November 1856; Issue 1239892
  7. "Who was Who"1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  8. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory", London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
  9. The Church of Ireland, The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), 2 March 1892; Issue 23919
  10. Notes from The Irish Times
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
William Reeves
Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore
18921907
Succeeded by
John Baptist Crozier


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