William Wand


William Wand

Bishop of London
ChurchChurch of England
ProvinceProvince of Canterbury
DioceseDiocese of London
In office1945–1955
PredecessorGeoffrey Fisher
SuccessorHenry Montgomery Campbell
Other post(s)Bishop of Bath and Wells (1943–1945)
Archbishop of Brisbane (1934–1943)
Orders
Ordination1908 (deacon)
1909 (priest)
Consecration1 May 1934
by archbishop Lang
Personal details
Born
John William Charles Wand

(1885-01-25)25 January 1885
Died16 August 1977(1977-08-16) (aged 92)
College of St Barnabas, Lingfield, Surrey, England
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglicanism
ParentsArthur James Henry Wand and Elizabeth Ann Ovelin, née Turner
Spouse
Amy Agnes Wiggins b.1883
(m. 1911; died 1966)
EducationThe King's School, Grantham
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
Bishop Jacob Hostel
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John William Charles Wand, KCVO, PC (25 January 1885 – 16 August 1977) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Brisbane in Australia before returning to England to become the Bishop of Bath and Wells before becoming the Bishop of London.

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