Arthur Williams (bishop)

Arthur Acheson Williams (1848–?) was the second Bishop of Tinnevelly in the last decades of the 19th century and the first two of the 20th.

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[1] and ordained in 1870. He was then held curacies at Bromley and St John the Evangelist, Penge.[2] Emigrating to India he became Chaplain of St George’s Cathedral, Madras and then the incumbent at Vellore.[3] His last post before appointment to the episcopate was as Archdeacon of Madras.[4]

References
  1. “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. Details of church
  3. St John’s, Vellore Archived 9 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "A History of the Church of England in India Since the Early Days of the East India Company" Chatterton, E:London: SPCK, 1924
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