William Gibson (bishop)

William Gibson (1738–1821) was an English Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District from 1790 to 1821.

Born in Stonecroft, near Hexham, Northumberland on 2 February 1738, the son of Jasper Gibson and Margaret Gibson (née Leadbitter). He was ordained to the priesthood in 1764. Following the death of his older brother Matthew on 17 May 1790, William was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District and Titular Bishop of Achantus on 10 September 1790. He was consecrated to the Episcopate at Lulworth Castle by Bishop Charles Walmesley on 5 December 1790.

He died in office on 2 June 1821, aged 83, and was buried at Ushaw College which he himself had founded in 1804.