Gordon Walsh (bishop)

Plaque in Ely cathedral commemorating Gordon John Walsh, Bishop of Hokkaido

Gordon John Walsh (b Dublin 1880 - d Ely 1971) was an Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Hokkaido, in the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, the province of the Anglican Communion in Japan.

Walsh was educated at Sutton Valence School and Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1903.[1] He was a curate in Belfast from 1903 to 1909. He was Rector of St Peter, Athlone from 1910 to 1913, when he became a CMS missionary. He served at Tokushima, Hakodate and Asahigawa, eventually becoming Bishop of Hokkaido in 1927, serving until 1940. Returning to England, Walsh was Vicar of Eastry and Tilmanstone, Kent from 1941 to 1942, and a Residentiary Canon of Ely Cathedral from 1942 to 1967.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1579 London: Herbert Cox, 1908
  2. ↑ ‘WALSH, Rt. Rev. Gordon John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 4 Nov 2016
  3. ↑ Rt Rev G. J. Walsh. The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 22, 1971; pg. 14; Issue 58331



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