Alfred Willis

Alfred Charles Willis, DD, MA (3 February 1836 – 14 November 1920)[1] was an Anglican Missionary[2] Bishop[3] and author [4] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[5]

The Right Reverend

Alfred Charles Willis

D.D.
Bishop of Honolulu
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseHonolulu
In office1870-1902
PredecessorThomas Nettleship Staley
SuccessorHenry Bond Restarick
Other postsMissionary Bishop in Tonga (1902-1920)
Orders
Ordination1860
Consecration2 February 1872
by Archibald Campbell Tait
Personal details
Born(1836-02-03)3 February 1836
Braceborough, Lincolnshire, England
Died14 November 1920(1920-11-14) (aged 84)
Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsFrancis Willis & Henrietta Lowe
SpouseEmma Mary Simeon
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford

Biography

Born the son of a Physician, he was educated at Uppingham and St John’s College, Oxford and ordained in 1860.[6] After a curacy in Strood, Kent [7] he was the incumbent at St Mark, New Brompton[8] from 1863 until his appointment as the second Bishop of Honolulu[9] in 1872.[10] He held this post for 30 years, until he retired to Tonga.[11]

Willis was supportive of Liliʻuokalani, the last sovereign monarch of Hawaii, after her 1895 overthrow. Shortly after her release from house arrest in 1896, he baptised and confirmed the deposed queen.[12]

References
  1. Bishop Alfred Willis The Times (London, England), Thursday, Nov 18, 1920; pg. 14; Issue 42571
  2. "Footsteps in the Sea: Christianity in Oceania to World War II" Garrett, J p178: Suva, Institute of Pacific Studies (University of the South Pacific), 1992 ISBN 9820200687
  3. Project Canterbury
  4. Amongst others he wrote "A Hawaiian Hymn Book", 1880; "The Hawaiian Prayer Book", 1883; and "The Unity of the Bible", 1916 > British Library web site accessed 18:59 GMT Monday 20 January 2014
  5. National Bibliography, 1780-1900: 1881-1900
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1566: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  7. ‘WILLIS, Rt. Rev. Alfred’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 20 Jan 2014
  8. "NWKFHS". Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  9. Episcopal Hawaii
  10. Consecration Of The Bishop Of Hawaii The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 03, 1872; pg. 11; Issue 27154
  11. nupepa
  12. "Join St. Andrew's – Ex-queen Liliuokalani Confirmed by Bishop Willis". Hawaiian Gazette, XXXI (40). 19 May 1896.


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