Cecil Wilson (bishop of Bunbury)

For the Bishop of Middleton, see Cecil Wilson (bishop of Middleton).

Cecil Wilson (9 September 1860, London – 20 January 1941) was the third missionary Anglican Bishop of Melanesia from 1894 to 1911 and, subsequently, the second Bishop of Bunbury from 1918 to 1937.

Educated at Tonbridge School, Wilson became an 1882 graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, Wilson served parishes in England before his consecration. He launched the fifth Southern Cross in 1903 and advocated for the movement of the centre of Anglican life in Melanesia to the Solomon Islands from Norfolk Island.

Wilson is listed in the calendar of saints of the Church of the Province of Melanesia.

External links

• Historical documents by Wilson from Project Canterbury
• Melanesian Mission Occasional Paper announcing Wilson's selection as Bishop, 1894.
• The Wake of the Southern Cross: Work and Adventures in the South Seas, by Cecil Wilson 1932.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by John Selwyn	Bishop of Melanesia 1894–1911	Succeeded by Cecil Wood
Preceded by Frederick Goldsmith	Bishop of Bunbury 1917–1937	Succeeded by Leslie Knight