William Lea (b Stone, Worcestershire 6 June 1820 - d

Droitwich Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester. The ...

24 September 1889) was

Archdeacon of Worcester The Archdeacon of Worcester is a senior clergy position in the Diocese of Worcester in the Church of England. Among the archdeacon's responsibilities is the care of clergy and church buildings within the area of the Archdeaconry of Worcester. Hi ...

from 1881 to 1889. Walters was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, matriculating in 1839 and graduating B.A. in 1842, and was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform ...

in 1845. He was for many years the

Vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...

of St Peter,

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Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Archdeacons of Worcester 19th-century English Anglican priests People from Wyre Forest District 1820 births 1889 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub