John Welsh (bishop)

John Francis Welsh (1856–1916) was Bishop of Trinidad and Tobago from 1904 until his death in 1916.[1]

He was born in Huddersfield in 1856 and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[2] After graduation, he was ordained in 1882[3] and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St James, Whitehaven.[4] From 1883 until 1886 he was a Lecturer at St Bees’ Theological College[5] and from then (until his appointment to the episcopate) Principal of Warminster Missionary College. He became a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References

1. The Times, Monday, Jul 24, 1916; pg. 11; Issue 41227; col E Obituaries Two Colonial Bishops
2. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. In which year he married
4. Church details Archived 2009-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Hayes	Bishop of Trinidad 1904–1916	Succeeded by Arthur Anstey