John Walmsley (bishop) explained

John Walmsley (14 October 1867, in Hereford – 9 December 1922, in Freetown)[1] was an English Anglican missionary bishop for the Anglican Diocese of Sierra Leone in the early twentieth century, from 1910 to his death in 1922.[2]

Walmsley was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. and ordained in 1890.[3] After a curacy at Stokenham he was Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford from 1894 to 1898.[4] He held incumbencies at St Giles, Normanton-by-Derby and St Ann, Nottingham.

Walmsley served as Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1910 until his death.[5]

External links

Anglican History website John Walmsley Ninth Bishop of Sierra Leone: A Memoir for his Friends, arranged by E. G. Walmsley (1923) (online copy)

Notes and References

  1. 'Deaths' The Times Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1922 Issue 43213 p.1
  2. http://anglicanhistory.org/africa/walmsley1923/04.html Project Canterbury
  3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  4. Book: [[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] . Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London . The Field Press. 1370. 1920 .
  5. Web site: Bishop Walmsley, 1910-1922. . University of Cambridge. 2024-01-31.