Wilfrid Lewis Mark Way (called Mark; 12 May 190530 July 1982) was a British Anglican bishop. He was the third Bishop of Masasi, serving during the third quarter of the 20th century.
Born on 12 May 1905"Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and educated at Rossall School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1929.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
He was made a deacon in Advent 1928 (on 23 December) and ordained a priest the next Advent (22 December 1929) — both times by Albert David, Bishop of Liverpool, at Liverpool Cathedral. After curacies at St Faith, Great CrosbyChurch web site (1) and St Bartholomew, Brighton he became an UMCA Missionary in Tanzania. He was Curate of Korogwe then Priest in charge of several Zanzibar Missions"Trevor Huddleston – Turbulent priest" McGrandle, P: London, Continuum, 2004. and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) Warden of Kalole Theological College. He was consecrated a bishop on St Luke's Day 1952 (18 October) at Westminster Abbey. On his return to England he was Rector of Averham (1960–1971),National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives Future employment for Wilfrid Lewis Mark Way, Bishop of Masasi. Record No. Fisher 258, ff. 95-6 and during that time also an Assistant Bishop of Southwell. He died on 30 July 1982.The Times, Saturday, 31 July 1982; pg. 20; Issue 61300; col C Deaths
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