Francis Kilner

Francis Charles Kilner (1851 – 19 March 1921) was an Anglican Suffragan Bishop in the early part of the 20th century.

Born in 1851, he was educated at Rugby and Keble College, Oxford.

He was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1874. He began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Bootle, after which he was Missioner for the Diocese of Winchester, and then Vicar of Bingley. Following this he was Archdeacon of Craven and then Suffragan Bishop of Richmond until his death on 19 March 1921.