Thomas Welland

Thomas James Welland (31 March 1830 – 29 July 1907) was an Irish Anglican bishop.^[1][2][3][4]

The Rt Revd Thomas James Welland
Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore
In office 1892–1907
Personal details
Born	31 March 1830 Dublin
Died	29 July 1907 Holywood
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Anna née Brooke
Alma mater	Trinity College, Dublin

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Welland was born in county Dublin (his father Joseph being an architect) and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA mathematics 1854, MA 1857, BD & DD 1890) and ordained in 1854.^[5] He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Carlow,^[6] after which he was vicar of Painstown and then assistant chaplain of the Mariners’ Church in Kingstown. He was the clerical secretary of the Jews’ Society, Ireland from 1862 to 1866 and then assistant chaplain at Christ Church, Dublin until 1870.^[7] He then became the incumbent at St Thomas’s Belfast from 1870 until his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore in 1892.^[8][9]

In 1895, he became a patron of the first branch in Belfast of the Gaelic League. He was in company of Henry Henry, the Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, but also Richard Rutledge Kane the Church of Ireland rector of Christ Church in Belfast and the city's Orange Order Grand Master, and George Raphael Buick, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church.^[10][11][12]

Welland died in post on 29 July 1907.^[13]

References

1. Ireland Anglican
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3. Bantry House Collection
4. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976, ISBN 0-19-821745-5
5. Multiple News Items, The Standard (London, England), 28 September 1854; Issue 9405
6. Ecclesiastical Intelligence, The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), 4 November 1856; Issue 1239892
7. "Who was Who"1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
8. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory", London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
9. The Church of Ireland, The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), 2 March 1892; Issue 23919
10. "Painting of Rev. Dr. Richard Rutledge Kane (1841-98) -Belfast Orange Hall". Great Place. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
11. Mac Póilin, Aodán (2018). Our Tangled Speech: Essays on Language and Culture. Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 190. ISBN 9781909556676.
12. "The Gaelic Revival Movement in East Belfast – Great War Gaeilgeoirí of East Belfast". Retrieved 14 March 2021.
13. Notes from The Irish Times

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by William Reeves	Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore 1892–1907	Succeeded by John Baptist Crozier