Background
Osborne, Edward William was born on January 5, 1845 in Calcutta, India. Son of John Francis and Louisa (White) Osborne.
Osborne, Edward William was born on January 5, 1845 in Calcutta, India. Son of John Francis and Louisa (White) Osborne.
Educated Gloucester, England.
Ordained in the Church of England, 1869. Parish clergyman, 1869-1875. Mission priest of Saint John Evangelist, 1875, Oxford, England, 1875-1877, Boston, 1877-1889.
Superior of the Mission at Capetown, South Africa, 1890-1897.
Was provincial superior in Africa. Consecrated coadjutor bishop, October 23, 1904, bishop, 1906.
Retired, October 1916.