William Colvin (priest)

William Evans Colvin (January 26, 1858, Co. Limerick–September 30, 1949, Brighton) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries.[1]

Colvin was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1890. He served curacies in Killoran, Didsbury and Wotton, Surrey. He was the incumbent at Dromard from 1895 to 1926 and Archdeacon of Killala from 1911[2] until 1928 when he became Dean of Killala.[3]

Notes
  1. [Representative Church Body Library, Dublin; Records of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Killala
  2. The Guardian publishes the following list of preferments and appointments The Times (London, England), Friday,  Jan 27, 1911; pg. 5; Issue 39493
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p 261: London, OUP, 1929
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  • "Colvin, Ven. William Evans" . Thom's Irish Who's Who. Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 43.


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