William Walsh (bishop of Dover)

For other bishops named William Walsh, see William Walsh (disambiguation).

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"

Church of England titles
Preceded by Peter Sorenson Royston	Bishop of Mauritius 1891 – 1897	Succeeded by Walter Ruthven Pym
Preceded by Rodney Eden	Bishop of Dover 1898 – 1916	Succeeded by Harold Ernest Bilbrough

Bishops of Mauritius

Vincent Ryan Thomas Hatchard Henry Huxtable Peter Royston William Walsh Walter Pym Francis Gregory Cyril Golding-Bird Hugh Otter-Barry Alan Rogers Edwin Curtis Ghislain Emmanuel Trevor Huddleston Rex Donat Ian Ernest

Bishops of Dover

Medieval	Richard Yngworth Richard Thornden Richard Rogers

Modern	Edward Parry Rodney Eden William Walsh Harold Bilbrough John Macmillan Alfred Rose Lewis Meredith Tony Tremlett Richard Third Richard Llewellin Stephen Venner Trevor Willmott

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