Background
Willis, Alfred was born on February 3, 1836 in Gretford, Lincolnshire, England. Son of Francis W. (Doctor of Medicine).
Willis, Alfred was born on February 3, 1836 in Gretford, Lincolnshire, England. Son of Francis W. (Doctor of Medicine).
Graduate Oxford, Bachelor of Arts, 1859, Master of Arts, 1864 (honorary Doctor of Divinity, Oxford, 1872).
Simeon, and g.d. late Sir R. G. Simeon, bart. Ordnined deacon, 1859. Priest, 1860; curate of Strood, Kent, 1859-1862.
Incumbent of Saint Mark’s, New Brompton, Kent, 1863-1872.
Consecrated bishop of Honolulu, February 2, 1872, in chapel of Lambeth Palace. Anglican bishop of Honolulu, from February 2, 1872.
Author: He Mau Himeni o ka Ekalesia Enelani, 1898, a translation of 300 hymns into the Hawaiian language. Editor Honolulu Diocesan Magazine, a quarterly.
Address: Iolani College, Honolulu, H.I.
Married London, 1883, Emma Mary, daughter