Cecil Wilson (bishop of Bunbury)

Cecil Wilson (9 September 1860, London – 20 January 1941) was a county cricketer and Anglican bishop. He was born in Canonbury; died in Perth, Western Australia.[1] He as the third missionary Anglican Bishop of Melanesia from 1894 to 1911 and, subsequently, the second Bishop of Bunbury from 1918 to 1937.

Educated at Tonbridge School, Wilson became an 1882 graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge,[2]

He was an English first-class cricketer active 1882–90 who played for Kent (awarded county cap 1882).

Wilson served parishes in England before his consecration. He launched the fifth Southern Cross in 1903 and advocated for the movement of the centre of Anglican life in Melanesia to the Solomon Islands from Norfolk Island.

Wilson is listed in the calendar of saints of the Church of the Province of Melanesia.

Publications

  • WILSON, Cecil (1932). THE WAKE OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS: WORK AND ADVENTURE IN THE SOUTH SEAS. London: John Murray.

References

  1. ↑ Cecil Wilson at CricketArchive
  2. ↑ "Wilson, Cecil (WL879C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
John Selwyn		 Bishop of Melanesia
1894–1911		 Succeeded by
Cecil Wood
Preceded by
Frederick Goldsmith		 Bishop of Bunbury
1917–1937		 Succeeded by
Leslie Knight
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