William Walsh (bishop of Dover)

William Walsh (1836–1918) was a Bishop of Mauritius[1] and Dover.[2]

Born in 1836 and educated at Merton College, Oxford, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Horsell and was successively Vicar of St Matthew Newington, Secretary of the Church Missionary Society and a Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral[3] before his elevation to the episcopate.

In 1913 he officiated and led prayers at the opening ceremony of The King's Hall, Herne Bay, Kent.[4]

Notes

  1. The Times, Tuesday, Oct 19, 1897; pg. 4; Issue 35338; col B Bishop of Mauriius to return to Canterbury
  2. ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. During which time he wrote "Progress of the Church in London"(1887)
  4. Herne Bay Press 12 July 1913: "Royal visit"
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Peter Sorenson Royston
Bishop of Mauritius
1891 1897
Succeeded by
Walter Ruthven Pym
Preceded by
George Rodney Eden
Bishop of Dover
1898 1916
Succeeded by
Harold Ernest Bilbrough