About Wilmot Vyvyan
Lived 1861 – 1937 (aged 76). Wilmot Vyvyan was an anglican priest.
The Rt Rev Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan (12 August 1861 – 26 August 1937) was an Anglican Bishop in the mid-20th century.
Background Born into a noble family on 12 August 1861, Wilmot Vyvyan was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, from where he graduated in 1883.
Career Ordained in 1888, he was curate at the Charterhouse Mission, St Hugh's, Southwark, becoming its priest in charge from 1892 until 1901, when he emigrated to South Africa. Here he was mission priest at Isandhlwana before elevation to the episcopate as the fourth bishop of Zululand in January 1903, a post he was to hold for 26 years. He died on 26 August 1937.
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Who was Wilmot Vyvyan?
South African anglican bishop
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Wilmot Vyvyan was born on 12 August 1861 in Dorchester, Dorset.
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Wilmot Vyvyan died on 26 August 1937 in Makhanda, Eastern Cape.
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Wilmot Vyvyan was an anglican priest.
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