Leonard Williams (bishop)
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Bishop William Leonard Williams
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22 July 1829 Paihia, New Zealand |
| Died | 1916 Napier, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Occupation | Anglican Bishop |
| Known for | Study of the Māori language and contributing to the study of New Zealand plants |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Wanklyn |
William Leonard Williams (1829–1916) was an Anglican Bishop of Waiapu. He was regarded as an eminent scholar of the Māori language.
Williams was born on the 22 July 1829 at Paihia, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. He was the third child and first son of William Williams of the Church Mission Society and his wife, Jane.
His father was the first Bishop of Waiapu, Leonard Williams was the third bishop, and his son, Herbert Williams, was the 6th bishop of Waiapu.
He was educated in New Zealand before attending Magdelen Hall (now Hertford College, Oxford) from 1847 where he obtained a third class honours degree in June 1852. He became a member of the Church Missionary Society and undertook theological training at the Church Missionary Society College, Islington. He was admitted to Deacon's Orders by the Bishop of London on 22 March 1853.
Leonard met the daughters of Mr. J. B. Wanklyn of Halecat, Witherslack, Cumbria when visiting his aunt, Catherine Heathcote, at Southwell, Nottinghamshire. They had been pupils at Catherine Heathcote's School. In the following year he married Sarah Wanklyn at St Paul's Church, Witherslack on 6 June 1853, and both set sail in August on a five-month journey to New Zealand.
Leonard Williams was the principal of the training school for Māori clergymen that Bishop Williams established at Waerenga-a-hika in Poverty Bay in September 1855. In 1862 Leonard was appointed to be Archdeacon of Waiapu.
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