Owen Vidal

The Rt Rev Owen Emeric Vidal, DD[1] (1819 – 1854)[2] was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1852 until his death three years later.

Life

He was the son of Emeric Essex Vidal and his wife Anna Jane Capper, daughter of the Rev. James Capper, born at Easthampstead. He was educated at St Paul's School, Southsea. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1838, where he graduated B.A. in 1842, and M.A. in 1845; he was awarded a D.D. in 1852.[3][4][5]

Ordained deacon in March 1843, Vidal was ordained priest in December of the same year.[3] He was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Upper Dicker until his elevation to the Episcopate.[6] He died while on a sea voyage back to his See and was buried at Freetown on 27 December 1855.[7]

Family

Vidal married in 1852 Anne Adelaide Hoare, the fourth daughter of the Rev. Henry Hoare, vicar of Framfield.[4][8]

References

1. The Times, Thursday, May 06, 1852; pg. 5; Issue 21108; col B University Intelligence. Oxford, May 5
2. Project Canterbury
3. "Vidal, Owen Emeric (VDL838OE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. Dod, Charles Roger (1854). The Peerage, baronetage, and knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London : Whittaker and Co. p. 478.
5. Sierra Leone Studies. Institute of African Studies, Fourah Bay College. 1966. p. 211.
6. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Friday, May 21. Downing-Street, May 19 The Times Saturday, May 22, 1852; pg. 5; Issue 21122; col B
7. The Times, Friday, Feb 09, 1855; pg. 10; Issue 21973; col B Death Of The Bishop Of Sierra Leone
8. Baker, Thomas (1869). History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge. University Press. p. 976.

External links

• Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Sierra Leone 1852 – 1854	Succeeded by John Wills Weeks