William Walsh (bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin)

William Pakenham Walsh (4 May 1820 – 30 July 1902) was a 19th-century Anglican priest[1] and author.

He held curacies at Ovoca and Rathdrum,[3] after which he was the incumbent at Sandford, Dublin.

[4] In 1861 he held the Donnellan Lectures at Trinity College Dublin.

[5] From 1873 until 1878 he was Dean of Cashel and canon of Christ Church Cathedral.

He was elected Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in 1878,[6][7] and held the office until he retired in 1897.