John Phillips (priest)

John Leoline Phillips (b Radyr 2 August 1879 – d Newport 31 March 1947)[1] was the Dean of Monmouth from 1931[2] until 1946.[3]

Phillips was educated at Christ College, Brecon and Keble College, Oxford;[4] and ordained in 1909.[5] He was a schoolmaster at St Paul’s West Kensington from 1905 until 1921[6] (also serving in the RAOC during World War One) when he became Headmaster of his old school, a post he held until his appointment as Dean.

References

  1. Deaths The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 02, 1947; pg. 1; Issue 50725
  2. Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 04, 1931; pg. 14; Issue 45738
  3. Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 29, 1946; pg. 6; Issue 50542
  4. PHILLIPS, Very Rev. John Leoline’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 March 2015
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1929 p1017 London, OUP, 1929
  6. Getty Images
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Dean of Monmouth
1993 2001
Succeeded by
Joseph Gwyn Davies