William Henry Augustus Bissell (November 10, 1814 - May 14, 1893) was the second bishop of Vermont in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1836 and commenced his teaching career in Detroit.

Bissell was ordained deacon on September 29, 1839, by Bishop Benjamin T. Onderdonk of New York.

Bissell served as assistant of Christ Church in Troy, New York.

Bissell married Martha Cotton Moulton on August 25, 1838, and had four children.