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Joseph W. Williams
Joseph Watkin Williams (1857 – 1934) was the third Bishop of St John's in what was then known as Kaffraria and is now the Anglican Diocese of Mthatha.[1] Williams was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford,[2] he was ordained deacon in 1881 and priest two year later.[3] He emigrated to South Africa in 1894 and was Acting Rector of St Saviour, Claremont until 1898, when he was appointed Vicar general of Saint Helena. After a further three years he was elevated to the episcopate. After twenty-one years service he retired to the Cape of Good Hope area[4] and died on 18 December 1934. Notes
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