Richard Jones (priest)

Rt Rev. Richard William Jones was an eminent Welsh Anglican priest in the second half of the twentieth century.:[1]

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 June 2, 1953.[3]

References

  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. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947/48 p 722: Oxford, OUP, 1947
  3. Bishop R. W. Jones The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jun 04, 1953; pg. 8; Issue 52639
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by
John Daniel James
Archdeacon of Llandaff
1938–1953
Succeeded by
Gwynno James