Walter Wade (bishop)

Sydney Walter Wade (called Walter; 21 March 1909 –10 March 1976) was Suffragan Bishop of Cape Town from 1970 to 1976.

Wade was educated at King Edward VI School, Lichfield and Kelham Theological College; and ordained in 1934. After a curacy in Nottingham he held incumbencies at Kimberley and Upington, in the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman. He was Archdeacon of Bechuanaland from 1954 to 1958; and of Kimberley from 1958 to 1963. He was Dean of Umtata from 1963 to 1967; and Archdeacon of Western Transvaal from 1967 until his appointment to the episcopate. In 1975 he was appointed a Chaplain of the Order of St John.