William Walsh (bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin)

"William Pakenham Walsh" redirects here. For his son, see W. S. Pakenham-Walsh.

William Pakenham Walsh (4 May 1820 – 30 July 1902) was a 19th-century Anglican priest^[1] and author.^[2]

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Born on 4 May 1820, he was educated at Trinity College Dublin and ordained in 1844. He held curacies at Ovoca and Rathdrum,^[3] after which he was the incumbent at Sandford, Dublin.^[4] In 1861 he held the Donnellan Lectures at Trinity College Dublin.^[5] From 1873 until 1878 he was Dean of Cashel and canon of Christ Church Cathedral. He was elected Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in 1878,^[6][7] and held the office until he retired in 1897.^[8][9] He died at Shankill, Dublin on 30 July 1902.^[5]

Walsh was the author of several works, including:^[5]

• Ancient Monuments and Holy Writ
• Heroes of the Mission Field
• Modern Heroes of the Mission Field
• The Decalogue of Charity
• The Voices of the Psalms

He married and had several children, including:

• Herbert Pakenham-Walsh (1871–1959), who was the inaugural Bishop of Assam.^[10]
• William Sandford Pakenham-Walsh, also a clergyman, who married in 1902 G. Maud Harmar.^[11]