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Richard Jones (bishop)

Richard Jones (bishop)

Welsh Anglican priest

Richard William Jones was an eminent Welsh Anglican priest.[1]

Jones's grave in the churchyard of Llandaff Cathedral, May 2020

He was educated at the University of Wales and St. Michael's College, Llandaff and ordained in 1904. After curacies in Aberdare and Cutcombe, he held incumbencies in Oystermouth, Gorseinon, Llangynidr, Bishopston, Neath and Peterston-super-Ely. He was Archdeacon of Llandaff from 1938, and an assistant bishop in the Province of Wales.[2]

He died on 2 June 1953.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    ‘JONES, Rt Rev. Richard William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 15 Feb 2014
  2. [2]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947/48 p 722: Oxford, OUP, 1947
  3. [3]
    Bishop R. W. Jones The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jun 04, 1953; pg. 8; Issue 52639
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