Ernest Wilberforce


Ernest Wilberforce
Bishop of Chichester
Wilberforce in episcopal robes
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseChichester
Installed1896
Term ended1907
PredecessorRichard Durnford
SuccessorCharles Ridgeway
Other post(s)Bishop of Newcastle (1882–1896)
Orders
Ordination1864
Consecration1882
Personal details
Born(1840-01-22)22 January 1840
Brighstone, Isle of Wight
Died9 September 1907(1907-09-09) (aged 67)
Bembridge, Isle of Wight
BuriedWest Hampnett, Chichester
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsSamuel Wilberforce & Emily Sargent
SpouseFrances Anderson (1863–70)
Emily Connor (1874–1907)
Children3 sons & 3 daughters (with Emily)
Alma materExeter College, Oxford
Monument in Chichester Cathedral, showing arms of the See of Chichester impaling Wilberforce (Argent, an eagle displayed sable beaked and membered proper)

Ernest Roland Wilberforce (22 January 1840 – 9 September 1907) was an Anglican clergyman and bishop. From 1882 to 1896 he was the first Anglican Bishop of Newcastle upon the diocese's creation, and from 1896 to 1907 he was Bishop of Chichester.