Thomas Welby was the 2nd bishop of the island how far east of Rio de Janeiro?
Thomas Welby Thomas Earle Welby (11 July 1810 – 6 January 1899) was an English missionary, clergyman and former soldier. The younger son of a baronet, he served in the army for eight years, but, after leaving 1837, served as a missionary in Canada, where he became a rector, and later as an archdeacon in South Africa, before going on to be consecrated as the second bishop of the island Saint Helena in the Anglican church.
Ilha de Vera Cruz Ilha de Vera Cruz (] ) (Portuguese for "Island of the True Cross") was the first name given by the Portuguese navigators to the newly discovered land on the northeast coast of what later became known as Brazil. The name was later changed to Terra de Santa Cruz ("Land of the Holy Cross").