Thomas Wilkinson (bishop of Zululand)

The Right Reverend
Thomas Wilkinson
Bishop of Zululand
Church Anglican
Province Southern Africa
Diocese Zululand
Personal details
Died Khartoum, Sudan[1]

Thomas Edward Wilkinson was an Anglican bishop[2] in the late 19th[3] and early 20th centuries.

He was born in 1837, and educated at Bury St Edmunds, King's College London and Jesus College, Cambridge.[4][5] Ordained in 1861, after a curacy at St Mary, Cavendish he was Vicar of Rickinghall. In 1870 he became the inaugural [6]Bishop of Zululand,[7] a post he held until 1880. On his return to England he was Vicar of St Michael Caerhays then Coadjutor Bishop of London[8] for North and Central Europe.[9] He died on 22 October 1914.[10]

Notes

  1. "Death of Bishop of Zululand on journey from Cape to Cairo". Edinburgh Evening News (12,963). 22 October 1914. p. 9 col F. Retrieved 2015-09-02 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  2. Wilkinson Family
  3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  4. "Wilkinson, Thomas Edward (WLKN856TE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. Janus
  6. Diocesan Web Site
  7. University of the Witwatersrand
  8. National Archives
  9. NY Times
  10. The Times, Saturday, Oct 24, 1914; pg. 8; Issue 40675; col A Death Of Bishop Wilkinson. Work On The Continent And In South Africa
Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
New diocese Bishop of Zululand
1870 1880
Succeeded by
Douglas MacKenzie
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