Cledan Mears

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John Cledan Mears (born September 8, 1922) was the Anglican Bishop of Bangor from 1982 to 1992.^[1]^[2]

Mears was born on 8 September 1922. He was educated at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth.^[3] Ordained in 1947,^[4] he began his ministry with curacies at Mostyn and Rhosllannerchrugog before being appointed Vicar of Cwm. From 1959 to 1973 he was a lecturer at Cardiff University after which he became the vicar of St Mark’s Gabalfa, his last position before his ordination to the episcopate.^[5]

References

↑ BBC Wales
↑ Diocese of Bangor
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 9780715110300)
↑ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Bangor Civic Society

Church in Wales titles
Preceded by Gwilym Williams	Bishop of Bangor 1982–1992	Succeeded by Barry Morgan

v t e Bishops of Bangor

Since 1908	Watkin Williams Daniel Davies Charles Green (Archbishop of Wales) David Edwardes Davies John Jones Gwilym Williams (Archbishop of Wales) Cledan Mears Barry Morgan Saunders Davies Anthony Crockett Andrew John

Persondata
Name	Mears, John Cledan
Alternative names
Short description	British bishop
Date of birth	September 8, 1922
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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