Channing Moore Williams


Channing Moore Williams
Missionary Bishop of China and Japan
Williams in 1874
ChurchEpiscopal Church
In office1866 to 1889
Orders
OrdinationJuly 1, 1855 (deacon)
by William Meade
January 11, 1857 (priest)
by William Jones Boone
ConsecrationOctober 3, 1866
by John Henry Hopkins
Personal details
Born(1829-07-18)July 18, 1829
Richmond, Virginia, United States
DiedDecember 2, 1910(1910-12-02) (aged 81)
Richmond, Virginia, United States
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglicanism
ParentsJohn Williams
Sainthood
Feast dayDecember 2
Venerated inAnglicanism

Channing Moore Williams (July 17, 1829 – December 2, 1910) was an Episcopal Church missionary, later bishop, in China and Japan. Williams was a leading figure in the establishment of the Anglican Church in Japan. His commemoration in some Anglican liturgical calendars is on 2 December.