William Welchman

William Welchman (1866–1954) was Archdeacon of Bristol^[1] from 1927 to 1937.^[2]

Welchman was born in Cullompton ^[3] and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He was ordained after a period of study at Ridley Hall, Cambridge in 1891.^[4] After a curacy at St Paul’s, Leamington Spa^[5] he was a missionary in Ceylon from 1892 to 1899. He was the Vicar of Fishponds, Bristol from 1901 to 1907; and of Temple Church in the same city until 1941.

He died on 7 March 1954.^[6]

References

↑ Google
↑ Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Thursday, 25 November 1937; pg. 19; Issue 47851
↑ ‘WELCHMAN, Ven. William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012 ; online edn, November 2012 accessed 27 April 2013
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929–30 Oxford, OUP, 1929, p. 1374
↑ Church web site
↑ Obituary The Times (London, England), Tuesday, March 9, 1954; pg. 6; Issue 52875

Church of England titles
Preceded by Charles Henry Dickinson	Archdeacon of Bristol 1927–1937	Succeeded by Charles Symes Leslie Alford

Archdeacons of Bristol

Gloucester & Bristol diocese	Thomas Thorp Henry Randall John Norris Hemming Robeson

Bristol diocese	Hemming Robeson Ravenscroft Stewart James Tetley Charles Dickinson William Welchman Charles Alford Ivor Watkins Percy Reddick Leslie Williams Anthony Balmforth David Banfield Tim McClure The Archdeacon of Malmesbury (Acting)

Diocese of Bristol

Bristol Cathedral Bishop's Office, Bristol Hillside House, Bristol

Office holders	The Bishop of Bristol, Mike Hill The Bishop suffragan of Swindon, Lee Rayfield AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Bristol, David Hoyle The Archdeacon of Malmesbury & Acting Archdeacon of Bristol, Christine Froude

Historic offices	Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol (1836–1897; see Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol) Bishop suffragan of Malmesbury (1927–1994; renamed to Swindon) Archdeacon of Dorset (1542–1836; returned to Salisbury) Archdeacon of North Wilts (1904–1919; renamed to Swindon) Archdeacon of Swindon (1919–1999; renamed to Malmesbury)

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