Llewellyn Jones, Fourth Bishop of Newfoundland, was born in Liverpool, England, 1840 October 11.
Llewellyn Jones was consecrated Bishop of Newfoundland 1878 May 1 by Archbishop Tait, of Canterbury, with Bishops Jackson (London) and Atlay (Hereford) assisting. His predecessor, Bishop Kelly had resigned in 1877 due an aversion to sailing.
Bishop Jones arrived at St. John's on June 4. He was installed the Fourth Diocesan of Newfoundland by the Rev'd. Thomas M. Wood, who was the Bishop's Commissary.
Following the devastating fire of 1892 Bishop Jones rebuilt the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
The Great Fire of 1892 in St. John's destroyed much of the city and extensively damaged the cathedral. The only stained-glass windows to survive the disaster were in the sacristy off the right of the main altar where the vestments were stored. Three years later the difficult task of reconstruction began. Restoration work continued under the guidance of the diocese's fourth bishop, Llewellyn Jones, and was not finished until 1905.
Bishop Jones died in 1918 January 9.
In December, 1881, the Right Reverend Dr. Jones, Bishop of Newfoundland, married Elizabeth Alice, daughter of Hon. Sir Adams George Archibald, K.C.M.G., Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia and his wife, Elizabeth A., daughter of Rev. John Burnyeat. Mrs Jones was born and educated in Nova Scotia. She lived in Ottawa, Ontario with her parents, while her father was a Minister of the Crown for the three years succeeding Confederation. She went with her parents, on her father's appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba. After the couple`s marriage, they lived at Bishopscourt in St. John's, Newfoundland.[1]
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| Preceded by James Butler Knill Kelly |
Bishop of Newfoundland 1878 – 1917 |
Succeeded by William White |