William Proctor Swaby FRGS (1844 – 16 November 1916)[1] was a colonial Anglican bishop from 1893[2] until 1916.
Proctor Swaby | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands | |
| Diocese | |
| In office | 1899–1916 (d.) |
| Predecessor | Herbert Bree |
| Successor | Alfred Berkeley |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Guyana (1893–1899) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1893 by Edward White Benson (Canterbury) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1844 Tetney, Lincolnshire, UK |
| Died | 16 November 1916 (aged 71–72) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Occupation | bishop |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
Born in Tetney,[3] Swaby was educated at Durham University, where he won the Barry Scholarship.[4] He eventually gained a doctorate in Divinity[5] He held incumbencies at Castletown, Sunderland[6] and at Milfield before being ordained to the episcopate in 1893[7] as Bishop of Guyana.[8] He was consecrated a bishop on 24 March 1893, by Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[9]
In Guyana he encouraged the development of a Third Order of Saint Francis within the Anglican church based on the work by Emily Marshall. She was his sister-in-law and she had been an assistant from when he was in Sunderland.[10] Swaby's archdeacon Fortunato Pietro Luigi Josa published St. Francis of Assisi and the Third Order in the Anglo-Catholic Church in 1898 in England quoting text from the order's founder but without naming her. The idea grew[10] and when Swaby was Translated to Barbados and the Windward Islands in December 1899[11]/1900 then the new order quickly took hold.[10]
Swaby held the two separate Sees of Barbados and of the Windward Islands together.[12] He died in post in 1916.
Swaby was a Fellow of the Colonial Institute and the Royal Microscopical Society.[4]
References edit
- ^ Deaths The Times Tuesday, 21 November 1916; pg. 1; Issue 41330; col A
- ^ St George’s Cathedral website Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tetney Church Community Project Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Swaby, Rt Rev. William Proctor, (1844–16 Nov. 1916). UK Who's Who. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U203555. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Durham University Calendar 1897". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ The Times, Thursday, 11 February 1875; pg. 7; Issue 28236; col G Ecclesiastical Appointments
- ^ Land of six peoples
- ^ University of Alberta
- ^ "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 1575. 30 March 1893. p. 347. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ a b c Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/42195. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/42195. Retrieved 10 January 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Obituary. The Bishop of Barbados". Church Times. No. 2809. 24 November 1916. p. 458. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Church news. Personal". Church Times. No. 1924. 8 December 1899. p. 678. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
