Wilmot Vyvyan Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan
Bishop of Zululznd
Church:Anglican
Province:Southern Africa
Diocese:Zululand
Elected:1903
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Birth Date:1861 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Dorchester, Dorset[1]
Death Place:Grahamstown, South Africa[2]
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Nationality:British
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Education:Charterhouse
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Cambridge
Signature:Signature of Wilmot Vyvyan Bishop of Zululand.jpg
Signature Alt:Bishop of Zululand, handwritten in debased copperplate

The Rt Rev Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan (12 August 1861 – 26 August 1937) was an Anglican Bishop in the mid-20th century.

Background

Born into a noble family on 12 August 1861, Wilmot Vyvyan was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career

Ordained in 1888,[3] he was curate at the Charterhouse Mission, St Hugh's, Southwark, becoming its priest in charge from 1892 until 1901,[4] when he emigrated to South Africa. Here he was mission priest at Isandhlwana before elevation to the episcopate as the fourth bishop of Zululand in 1903, a post he was to hold for 26 years. He died on 26 August 1937.[5]

Bibliography

. Albert Lee (bishop). Charles Johnson of Zululand. 1930. London.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Index entry. 19 August 2020. FreeBMD. ONS. Births Sep 1861 Vyvyan Wilmot Lushington Dorchester 5a 336
  2. News: Former bishop: Cornishman's death in South Africa . 19 August 2020 . Western Morning News . British Newspaper Archive . 27 August 1937 . 5 col.5.
  3. Book: The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory. London. Hamilton & Co . 1889.
  4. Book: [[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] . Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London . The Field Press. 1701. 1920 .
  5. Bishop Vyvyan Long Service in Zululand . 28 August 1937. 12. 47775. C.