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.

Church of England titles
Preceded by
James Thomas Hayes
Bishop of Trinidad
1904–1916
Succeeded by
Arthur Henry Anstey

Notes and references

  1. The Times, Monday, Jul 24, 1916; pg. 11; Issue 41227; col E Obituaries Two Colonial Bishops
  2. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. In which year he married
  4. Church details
  5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
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