Joseph Welland (6 May 1798 – 6 March 1860) was born in Middleton, County Cork and became an Irish Architect for the Board of First Fruits and later the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. He was as a student to John Bowden and became his assistant and is noted to have designed many churches and schools around Ireland.^[1]

Welland married Sophia Margaret Mills and together they had four children including^[2]:

• Rev. Thomas James Welland (1830-1907), Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore.
• William Joseph Welland (1832-1895) also designed churches, and worked for the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.^[3]
• Rev. Joseph Welland (1834-1879), a missionary to India and founder of the Welland School in Kolkata.

While working with Bowden with the Board of First Fruits, he shared some of Bowden's works. These include: St. Philip and St. James Church, Booterstown and St. Stephen's Church, Mount Street (The Pepper Canister), both of which Joseph Welland had to complete himself after Bowden's death in 1821.^{[citation needed]}

• Christ Church Delgany, Co. Wicklow, additions and renovation^[4]
• St. Philip and St. James Church, Booterstown (1821)
• St. Stephen's Church, Mount Street (The Pepper Canister) (1821)
• Court House Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, with John Bowden (1829)^[4]
• North Strand Church (1836)
• St Peter's Church, Ballymodan (1847)
• St John's Church of Ireland, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin, extensions to 1789 church (1854)
• St. James' Church, James Street (1859)
• St Mary’s Church, Nenagh (1862)^[5]

Joseph Welland died on 6 March 1860 and was buried in St George's churchyard, Dublin.^{[citation needed]}