William Holbech (bishop)

The Rt Rev William Arthur Holbech (14 December 1850 – 7 March 1930) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.

Born on 14 December 1850, he was the third son of the Rev. Charles Holbech.[1] Educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford,[2] he was ordained in 1874.[3]

Following a curacy at St Mark’s, Lakenham,[4] Holbech emigrated to South Africa where he was a Mission Priest before promotion to be the Archdeacon of Kimberley[5] and Rector of St Cyprian's Church (where he served through the Siege of Kimberley), then Dean of Bloemfontein.[6] In 1905 he became Bishop of St Helena,[7] a post he held until his death on 7 March 1930.

Notes
  1. "Holbech, Rt Rev. William Arthur". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 18 November 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  4. Church photo
  5. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1320.
  6. University of the Witwatersrand
  7. The Times, Tuesday, 1 August 1905; pg. 8; Issue 37774; col B Ecclesiastical Intelligence


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