Gilbert Wilson
Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh; Irish Anglican bishop
About Gilbert Wilson
Lived 1918 – 1999 (aged 81). Gilbert Wilson was an anglican priest.
William Gilbert Wilson (23 January 1918 – 21 June 1999) was Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 1981 to 1993.
Educated at Belfast Royal Academy and Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1942, his first posts were curacies at St Mary Magdalene, Belfast and St Comgall's, Bangor. Following these he was Rector of Armoy and then Dean of Connor (1976–1981) before appointment to the episcopate as the fourteenth bishop diocesan of the united Diocese.
He served as editor of The Church of Ireland Gazette from 1963 to 1966.
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Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh; Irish Anglican bishop (1918-1999)
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Gilbert Wilson was born on 23 January 1918.
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Gilbert Wilson died on 21 June 1999.
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Gilbert Wilson was an anglican priest.
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