George Wilde (bishop)

George Wilde (9 January 1610 - 29 December 1665; 1617 – 1679) was Bishop of Derry from 1661 to 1665.

Wilde was born in London; educated at Merchant Taylors’ and St John's College, Oxford (he gained an Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) and, at some point, became a Doctor of Divinity (DD)); and ordained in 1636. He was Chaplain to William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury; then Vicar of St Giles, Reading; and Rector of Biddenden. A committed Royalist, after the Restoration, Wilde was appointed to the episcopate and consecrated at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin on 27 January 1661. His funeral sermon was preached by Robert Mossom, his successor.