William Walter Webb (November 20, 1857 – January 15, 1933), was the sixth Bishop of Milwaukee, from 1906 till 1933.

Early life and education

Webb was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on November 20, 1857, the son of William Hewitt Webb and Esther Odin. He was baptized on January 6, 1858. He was educated at the

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in Philadelphia, and then at the University of Pennsylvania. He left the University of Pennsylvania in his junior year to attend Trinity College in

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, from where he graduated with the a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in 1882. In 1885 he obtained his Master of Arts from Trinity College, whilst also studying at Berkeley Divinity School from where he graduated in 1885. He was made a

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in 1897 and a Doctor of Law in 1925, by Nashotah House.

Ordained ministry

Webb was ordained deacon on June 3, 1885, by Bishop

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of New Hampshire. On November 10, 1886, he was ordained to the priesthood by

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, Bishop of Connecticut. He became assistant at the Church of the Evangelists in Philadelphia. In 1889 he became rector of St Elisabeth's Church in Philadelphia, while in 1892, he was elected Professor of Dogmatic Theology at Nashotah House. In 1897 he was elected as President of Nashotah House. He also served as president of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Milwaukee, and was its delegate to the General Convention of 1898.

Bishop

Webb was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Milwaukee on during a special council on November 21, 1905. He was consecrated in All Saints' Cathedral on February 24, 1906, and succeeded as diocesan bishop upon Isaac Lea Nicholson's death on October 29, 1906. Like his predecessor, Webb promoted the Catholic heritage of the Episcopal Church. He remained in office till his death in 1933.

External links

Documents by and about Webb
from

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Grave
at the Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, William Walter 1857 births 1933 deaths Religious leaders from Milwaukee Nashotah House faculty 20th-century Anglican bishops in the United States Episcopal bishops of Milwaukee Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni Clergy from Philadelphia Burials at the Church of St. James the Less