Neville Welch, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Neville Welch

Bishop of Bradwell

Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1906

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: priest

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

William Neville Welch was the first Bishop of Bradwell from 1968 to 1973.Born on 30 April 1906 he was educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham and Keble College, Oxford and studied for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford before a curacy in Kidderminster.
From 1934 he was Secretary to the Mission to Seamen.
Following this he was Vicar of Grays then Ilford; Rural Dean of Barking; and finally, before his elevation to the Episcopate, Archdeacon of Southend.
He retired to Witham and died on 3 February 1999.