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Alfred Willis

The Right Reverend
Alfred Willis
DD
Bishop of Hawaii
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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 (1836-02-03)February 3, 1836
Braceborough, Lincolnshire, England
Died November 14, 1920(1920-11-14) (aged 84)
Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England
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.



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