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