Das Amt als Bischof von Oxford übte Wilberforce bis 1869 aus. Anschließend wurde er Bischof von Winchester. Bischof Wilberforce starb, nachdem er bei Dorking von seinem Pferd abgeworfen wurde. Er ist auf dem Friedhof der Kirche in Lavington beerdigt.
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The Rocky Island and Other Similitudes. J. Burns, London 1841
A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America. J. Burns, London 1844; digitalisierte Fassung
The Shouts and Weeping of a Day of Jubilee: A Sermon Preached in the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster, June 15, 1852, being the Close of the Third Jubilee of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. George Bell, London 1852
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