{{Short description|British Anglican bishop (1927–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox Christian leader | honorific-prefix = The Rt Revd | name = William Persson | honorific-suffix = MA(Oxon) | title = Bishop of Doncaster | diocese = Diocese of Sheffield | term = 1982–1992 | predecessor = Stewart Cross | successor = Michael Gear | other_post = Honorary assistant bishop in Bath & Wells (1994–2023) <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 1953 (deacon); 1954 (priest) | consecration = 1982 <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|9|27|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|4|2|1927|9|27|df=y}} | religion = Anglican | parents = Leslie & Elizabeth | spouse = Ann Davey (m. 1957) | children = 2 sons; 1 daughter | occupation = | profession = | alma_mater = Oriel College, Oxford }} {{Portal|Christianity}} '''William Michael Dermot Persson''' (27 September 1927 – 2 April 2023) was a British Anglican prelate who served as the Suffragan Bishop of Doncaster from 1982 to 1992.<ref>‘PERSSON, Rt Rev. William Michael Dermot’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U30622], accessed 9 July 2012</ref>

Persson was educated at Oriel College, Oxford.<ref>Debrett's People of Today, 1992 London, {{ISBN|1-870520-09-2}}</ref> Ordained in 1954, he began his career with a curacy at ''Emmanuel, South Croydon''<ref>[http://www.emmanuelcroydon.org.uk/ Details of Parish]</ref> and was then successively: Vicar of Christ Church, Barnet; Rector of Bebington; and finally, before his elevation to the episcopate, Knutsford. After retiring to Sturminster Newton Bishop William continued to serve the church as an assistant bishop within the Bath and Wells Diocese.

Persson died on 2 April 2023, at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite news |title=William Michael Dermot Persson |url=https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/263808/persson |access-date=27 April 2023 |work=The Telegraph |date=27 April 2023}}</ref>

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