Edward R. Welles

The Right Reverend
Edward Randolph Welles
Bishop of Milwaukee
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Milwaukee
In office 1874-1888
Predecessor William Edmond Armitage
Successor Cyrus F. Knight
Orders
Ordination 12 September 1858
by William H. DeLancey
Consecration 25 October 1874
Personal details
Born (1830-01-10)January 10, 1830
Waterloo, New York
Died October 20, 1888(1888-10-20) (aged 58)
Nationality American
Parents Gardner Welles
& Paulina Fuller
Alma mater Hobart College

The Right Reverend Edward Randolph Welles (January 10, 1830-October 20, 1888) was the third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. He was ordained to the priesthood by William Heathcote DeLancey on September 12, 1858. He was consecrated as Bishop of Wisconsin on October 25, 1874, assuming the title Bishop of Milwaukee in 1886 following the creation of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac as a separate jurisdiction.

Welles' primary consecrators were:

He is buried in Red Wing, Minnesota.

Documents by and about Welles from Project Canterbury

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