William Walsh (bishop of Dover)
William Walsh (1836–1918) was a Bishop of Mauritius[1] and Dover.[2]
Born in 1836 and educated at Merton College, Oxford, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Horsell and was successively Vicar of St Matthew Newington, Secretary of the Church Missionary Society and a Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral[3] before his elevation to the episcopate.
In 1913 he officiated and led prayers at the opening ceremony of The King's Hall, Herne Bay, Kent.[4]
Notes
- ^ The Times, Tuesday, Oct 19, 1897; pg. 4; Issue 35338; col B Bishop of Mauriius to return to Canterbury
- ^ ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ During which time he wrote "Progress of the Church in London"(1887)
- ^ Herne Bay Press 12 July 1913: "Royal visit"
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