William Welchman

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William Welchman (1866–1954) was Archdeacon of Bristol[1] from 1927 to 1937.[2]

Welchman was born in Cullompton[3] and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He was ordained after a period of study at Ridley Hall, Cambridge in 1891.[4] After a curacy at St Paul's, Leamington Spa[5] he was a missionary in Ceylon from 1892 to 1899. He was the Vicar of Fishponds, Bristol from 1901 to 1907; and of Temple Church in the same city until 1941.

He died on 7 March 1954.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Google
  2. ^ Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Thursday, 25 November 1937; pg. 19; Issue 47851
  3. ^ ‘WELCHMAN, Ven. William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012 ; online edn, November 2012 accessed 27 April 2013
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929–30 Oxford, OUP, 1929, p. 1374
  5. ^ Church web site
  6. ^ Obituary The Times (London, England), Tuesday, March 9, 1954; pg. 6; Issue 52875
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