Herbert Pakenham-Walsh

Herbert Pakenham-Walsh (1871–1959) was an Anglican bishop, educator, scholar and lyricist.

Pakenham-Walsh was the third son of William Pakenham-Walsh, Anglican Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in Ireland from 1878 until 1897. He received a doctorate in divinity from Trinity College, Dublin. In 1916, he married Clara Hayes. He was a missionary at Bangalore, India from 1907 to 1908.[1]

He was warden of Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore, Karnataka, India from 1907 until 1913.[2] In 1915, he became the first Bishop of Assam when the diocese of Assam was created out of part of the territory of the diocese of Calcutta.[3]

  1. ^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. 1919. p. 110. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  2. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 45.
  3. ^ Chatterton, Eyre (1924). "Chapter XXVI. The Diocese of Assam, 1915. The Country of the Tea Gardens". A History of the Church of England in India Since the Early Days of the East India Company. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Retrieved 27 January 2010.