Theodore Wirgman


Augustus Theodore Wirgman, DD was an Anglican priest in the second half of the Nineteenth Century and the early part of the Twentieth, most notably Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth from 1907 until his death.
Wirgman was born in Bradbourne. He was educated at Rossall School; Magdalene College, Cambridge; and the University of the Cape. He was ordained deacon in 1870, and priest in 1871. After curacies in Hartington, Alton and Handsworth he went out to South Africa in 1873.He was for many years the incumbent at St Mary, Port Elizabeth.
He was the author of The Blessed Virgin and All the Company of Heaven.