Alfred Charles Willis (3 February 1836 – 14 November 1920)Bishop Alfred Willis The Times (London, England), Thursday, 18 November 1920; pg. 14; Issue 42571 was an Anglican missionary"Footsteps in the Sea: Christianity in Oceania to World War II" Garrett, J p178: Suva, Institute of Pacific Studies (University of the South Pacific), 1992 bishopProject Canterbury and authorAmongst others he wrote "A Hawaiian Hymn Book", 1880; "The Hawaiian Prayer Book", 1883; and "The Unity of the Bible", 1916 > British Library web site accessed 18:59 GMT Monday 20 January 2014 in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.National Bibliography, 1780–1900: 1881–1900
Biography Born the son of a physician, he was educated at Uppingham and St John's College, Oxford, and ordained deacon in 1859 and priest in 1860.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1566: London, Horace Cox, 1908 After a curacy in Strood, Kent,'WILLIS, Rt. Rev. Alfred', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 20 Jan 2014 he was the incumbent at St Mark, New Brompton from 1863 until his appointment as the second bishop of Honolulu in 1872.Consecration of the Bishop Of Hawaii The Times (London, England), Saturday, 3 February 1872; pg. 11; Issue 27154 He held this post for 30 years, until he retired to Tonga where he served as missionary bishop until his death.nupepa
Willis was supportive of Liliʻuokalani, the last sovereign monarch of Hawaii, after her 1893 overthrow. Shortly after her release from house arrest in 1896, he baptised and confirmed the deposed queen.
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