John Welsh (bishop)
The Rt Rev John Francis Welsh, DD was Bishop of Trinidad and Tobago from 1904 until his death in1916.[1]
He was born in Huddersfield in 1856 and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[2] After graduation he was ordained in 1882[3] and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St James, Whitehaven.[4] From 1883 until 1886 he was a Lecturer at St Bees’ Theological College[5] and from then (until his elevation to the Episcopate) Principal of Warminster Missionary College.
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| Preceded by James Thomas Hayes |
Bishop of Trinidad 1904–1916 |
Succeeded by Arthur Henry Anstey |
Notes and references
- ↑ The Times, Monday, Jul 24, 1916; pg. 11; Issue 41227; col E Obituaries Two Colonial Bishops
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ In which year he married
- ↑ Church details
- ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
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