William Sedgwick (bishop)

{{Short description|New Zealand bishop}}

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| name = William Walmsley Sedgwick

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| title = Bishop of Waiapu

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| province = East Coast, New Zealand

| diocese = Anglican Diocese of Waiapu

| enthroned = 22 February 1914

| predecessor = Alfred Averill

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| birth_name = William Walmsley Sedgwick

| birth_date = 1858

| birth_place = Freemantle, Hampshire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1948|05|03|1858|12|31}}

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| religion = Anglicanism

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| spouse = Margarita Helen Sedgwick

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| alma_mater = Christ's College, Cambridge

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{{Portal|Christianity}}The Rt Rev William Walmsley Sedgwick (1858–1948[https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-131398.html NZetc]) was the 5th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu, New Zealand, whose Episcopate spanned a 15-year period during the first half of the 20th century.

Born at Freemantle in Southampton,[http://www.sedgwickuk.org/uk/places/yorkshire/dent%20and%20sedbergh/edmund1744/sedgwick-abraham1819.html British Sedgwick Genealogy] England, he was educated at St Martin's, York and matriculated in 1879. He attended Christ's College, Cambridge and graduated in 1882 with a B.A.{{acad|id=SGWK878WW|name=Sedgwick, William Walmsley}}University Intelligence. Cambridge, 15 Dec. The Times Friday, 16 December 1881; pg. 4; Issue 30379; col D He was ordained as a deacon at Dover in 1882, and as a priest at Canterbury in 1883.The Times, Tuesday, 26 September 1882; pg. 7; Issue 30622; col C Ordinations Canterbury He embarked on his career with a curacy at St. John The Baptist, Wateringbury.{{cite book | last=Malden Richard (ed) | first=| author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=1552/3| year=1920 | isbn=}}

He was a Naval Chaplain from 1884 to 1886; he took part in the Suakin Expedition, 1884–85; and served as Chaplain on H.M.S. Thunderer in the Mediterranean Fleet, 1885–86.“Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} He held incumbencies at Hockley Heath in the West Midlands, England, 1886–89; Vryburg, British Bechuanaland, 1889–93; Bedford, Eastern Cape, 1893–96; Evershot, Dorset, 1897–98; and he became the chaplain to the Earl of Home, 1897–1900.“Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}{{acad|id=SGWK878WW|name=Sedgwick, William Walmsley}}

He emigrated to New Zealand and was appoint as the vicar of Waikari, 1901–03; vicar of Akaroa, 1903–04; vicar of St Luke's Church, Christchurch, 1904–14; canon of ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch, 1911–14; and chaplain to the Bishop of Christchurch, 1914.{{acad|id=SGWK878WW|name=Sedgwick, William Walmsley}}

On 22 February 1914 he became the Bishop of Waiapu. He retired as bishop in 1929. His last post was as Vicar of Detling, Kent, England, 1931–32.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941 From 1938 until his death in 1948 he was licensed to officiate in the Diocese of Grahamstown, Makhanda, South Africa.{{acad|id=SGWK878WW|name=Sedgwick, William Walmsley}}