William Gilbert Wilson (23 January 1918 – 21 June 1999) was Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 1981 to 1993. Educated at

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and

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and

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in 1942, his first posts were curacies at St

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and St Comgall's, Bangor.''

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'' 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. Following these he was Rector of

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and then Dean of Connor (1976–1981) before appointment to the

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as the fourteenth bishop diocesan of the united Diocese. He served as editor of

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from 1963 to 1966.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Gilbert 1918 births 1999 deaths People educated at the Belfast Royal Academy Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh Deans of Connor Place of birth missing