[3] As an editor and author, his works include, God in History, Heavenly Training, and Daily Bread, and Other Sermons.
He is the son of Joseph Welland, a renowned Irish architect from Midleton, Country Cork and Sophia Margaret Mills.
His father was celebrated for designing churches and schools for the Board of First Fruits and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in Ireland.
He began his ministry as a curate of Killeban in Queen's County, Ireland, and later served at Trinity Church, Blackburn.
In 1865, he began supported the founding of the Cathedral Mission College of Calcutta and was part of the initial faculty.
[1] Welland passed away on December 17, 1879, in Calcutta at the age of 45, concluding eighteen years of service to the mission.
[1][9] Joseph Welland's contributions to the Christian mission and education in Calcutta left a lasting impact.