William Jones Boone (son)

This article is about the fourth Bishop of Shanghai. For his father, see William Jones Boone (father).

William Jones Boone (17 May 1846 – 5 October 1891) was the fourth Anglican missionary bishop of Shanghai. Boone was born in Shanghai, son of and namesake of William Jones Boone. He studied at Princeton University and attended Virginia Theological Seminary prior to his ordination to the diaconate in Petersburg, Virginia in 1868. He was consecrated Bishop of Shanghai on 28 October 1884.

Consecrators

Boone was the 135th bishop consecrated for the Episcopal Church.

Bibliography

Correspondence in Connection with the Protest against the Consecration of Rev. W. J. Boone as Missionary Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in China. Also Letters Referring to the Wretched Management of the Mission (1885)

See also

Protestant missions in China 1807-1953

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