William Edmond Armitage (September 6, 1830 – December 7, 1873) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States.

[1] Born in New York City, Armitage graduated from Columbia College in 1849 and the General Theological Seminary in 1852.

[1][2] He was ordained deacon at the Church of the Transfiguration, New York, on June 27, 1852, by Bishop Carlton Chase and priest at St. Mark's, Augusta, Maine, on September 27, 1854, by Bishop George Burgess.

[1] Armitage's first ministry position was as assistant at St. John's in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

[1] Armitage died at St. Luke's Hospital in New York on December 7, 1873, and his remains are buried in Detroit, Michigan, at Elmwood Cemetery.