The Right Reverend Alwyn Williams | |
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Bishop of Winchester | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Winchester |
In office | 1952–1961 |
Predecessor | Mervyn Haigh |
Successor | Falkner Allison |
Other post(s) | Headmaster of Winchester College (1924–1934) Dean of Christ Church (1934–1939) Bishop of Durham (1939–1952) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 21 December 1913 (deacon); 20 December 1914 (priest) by Charles Gore, Bishop of Oxford |
Consecration | 25 March 1939 by William Temple, Archbishop of York |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 18 February 1968 Charmouth, Dorset, England | (aged 79)
Buried | Winchester Cathedral |
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | John Williams & Adeline née Peter |
Spouse | Margaret née Stewart (m. 1914; she d. 1958) |
Profession | cleric, headteacher |
Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
Alwyn Terrell Petre Williams (20 July 1888 – 18 February 1968)[1] was Bishop of Durham (1939–1952)[2] and then Bishop of Winchester (1952–1961).[3]