Thomas Wilkinson (bishop of Zululand)

Thomas Edward Wilkinson was an Anglican bishop[1] in the late 19th[2] and early 20th centuries.

He was born in 1837, and educated at Bury St Edmunds, King's College London and Jesus College, Cambridge.[3][4] Ordained in 1861, after a curacy at St Mary, Cavendish he was Vicar of Rickinghall. In 1870 he became the inaugural [5]Bishop of Zululand,[6] a post he held until 1880. On his return to England he was Vicar of St Michael Caerhays then Coadjutor Bishop of London[7] for North and Central Europe.[8] He died on 23 October 1914.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Wilkinson Family
  2. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  3. ↑ "Wilkinson, Thomas Edward (WLKN856TE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ↑ Janus
  5. ↑ Diocesan Web Site
  6. ↑ University of the Witwatersrand
  7. ↑ National Archives
  8. ↑ NY Times
  9. ↑ The Times, Saturday, Oct 24, 1914; pg. 8; Issue 40675; col A Death Of Bishop Wilkinson. Work On The Continent And In South Africa
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New diocese Bishop of Zululand
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Douglas MacKenzie