William Austin (bishop)

For other people named William Austin, see William Austin (disambiguation).

William Piercy Austin (7 November 1807 – 9 November 1892) was the inaugural and long serving Bishop of Guyana from 1842 until his death. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1831 he was in rapid succession Curate, Vicar and Rural Dean of Georgetown, Guyana, then Archdeacon and Bishop. He was consecrated as first Bishop of Guyana on 24 August 1842. In the words of the youthful Queen Victoria, he was "the youngest and handsomest of my Bishops."

In 1883 he was appointed Primate of the West Indies and in 1891 Prelate of the Order of St Michael and St George.

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Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Deans of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown 1842–1884	Succeeded by Francis Webster Austin
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Guyana 1842–1892	Succeeded by William Proctor Swaby
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Primate of the West Indies 1883–1892	Succeeded by Enos Nuttall