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Anglican Bishop of Honolulu
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Male
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3 February 1836(Braceborough, Braceborough and Wilsthorpe, South Kesteven, United Kingdom)
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14 November 1920(Milford on Sea, Milford-on-Sea, New Forest, United Kingdom)
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St John's College
Uppingham School
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Biography
Introduction
Alfred Willis, DD, MA (3 February 1836 – 14 November 1920)was an Anglican MissionaryBishop and authorin the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Biography
Bornthe son of a Physician, he was educated at Uppingham and St John’s College, Oxford and ordainedin 1860. After a curacy in Strood, Kenthe was the incumbent atSt Mark, New Brompton from 1863 until his appointment as the second Bishop of Honolulu in 1872. He held this post for 30 years, until he retired to Tonga.
Willis was supportive of Liliʻuokalani, the last sovereign monarch of Hawaii, after her 1895 overthrow. Shortly after her release from house arrest in 1896, he baptised and confirmed the deposed queen.