William White (bishop of Newfoundland)

William Charles White (August 31, 1865 – June 14, 1943) was the 5th Anglican Bishop of Newfoundland (1918-42).

White was born at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and his father was Robert White.

White was rector of Fogo (1890-1900), Heart's Content (1900-1908), and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's (1908-1917).

White was the first native born bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador. He ordained "70 Queen’s men during his term of office."^[1]

External links

Bishop William White

References

↑ 1943 Diocese of Newfoundland Synod Journal, page 69.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Llewellyn Jones	Bishop of Newfoundland 1918 – 1942	Succeeded by Philip Selwyn Abraham

Anglican Bishops of Newfoundland

Aubrey Spencer Edward Feild James Kelly Llewellyn Jones William White Philip Abraham John Meaden Robert Seaborn (became Bishop of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador) William Legge, Suffragan bishop (became Bishop of Western Newfoundland)

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