The Right Reverend Alfred Willis DD |
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Bishop of Hawaii | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Hawaii |
In office | 1870-1902 |
Predecessor | Thomas Nettleship Staley |
Successor | Henry Bond Restarick |
Other posts | Missionary Bishop in Tonga (1902-1920) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1860 |
Consecration | 1872 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Braceborough, Lincolnshire, England |
February 3, 1836
Died | November 14, 1920 Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England |
(aged 84)
Nationality | English |
Parents | Francis Willis |
Spouse | Emma Mary Simeon |
Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
Alfred Willis, DD, MA (3 February 1836 – 14 November 1920) was an Anglican MissionaryBishop and author in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born the son of a Physician, he was educated at Uppingham and St John’s College, Oxford and ordained in 1860. After a curacy in Strood, Kent he was the incumbent at St Mark, New Brompton from 1863 until his appointment as the second Bishop of Honolulu in 1872. He held this post for 30 years and retired to Tonga.