William Abraham DD (1792–13 January 1837), was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore.
[1] He was born in Glendine, County Cork to Henry Abraham a blacksmith and Margaret Broderick, the family moved to Headborough, County Waterford where Abraham was brought up.
As bishop he was unpopular with Irish Nationalists and other Catholic clergy and was seen as favouring British government policy on a number of issues.
[4] He even voted for the anti-Catholic emancipation candidate in the famous Stuarts Election.
[4] He is buried in the chapel of the Holy Trinity, Waterford.