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:

• Benjamin B. Smith
• John Williams (bishop of Connecticut)
• Thomas Atkinson (bishop)

He is buried in Red Wing, Minnesota.

External links

• Documents by and about Welles from Project Canterbury