William Edward Elsey (4 July 1880 â 25 September 1966) was a British Anglican priest who served as Bishop of Kalgoorlie from 1919 to 1950.
Elsey was born into a sporting family on 4 July 1880 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth and Lincoln College, Oxford.
Ordained in 1905 Elsey was initially a curate at St Faith's Stepney and then its Priest in charge. In 1914 he began a long period of service overseas, firstly as a member of the Bush Brotherhood of St Boniface in the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury, Western Australia, then its , following which he was elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Kalgoorlie. During World War II, he was a chaplain to the Australian Armed Forces.
Elsey retired in 1950 and died in Perth, Western Australia on 25 September 1966.