List of Archdeacons of Merioneth
This is a list of the archdeacons of Meirionnydd. The Archdeacon of Meirionydd is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Meirionydd, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. The archdeaconry comprises the five deaneries of Ardudwy, Arwystili, Cyfeiliog/Mawddwy, Llyn/Eifionydd and Ystumaner.[1]
Archdeacons of Meirionydd[]
Medieval period[]
- (1328)(1331) Tudur ap Adda
- 1358-1387 Samuel de Wyk
- 1387 - John Sloley
- -1404 John ap Rhys
- 1404- John Fychan
- 1405 Gruffydd Young
- -1410 (Matthew Peyworden (alias Wotton)
- 1410- Roger Hungarten
- 1416- John Estcourt
- 1436 Richard Gele
- 1485 Richard Bulkeley
Modern period[]
- 1504 Richard Bromfield
- ?-1524 William Glyn (afterwards Archdeacon of Anglesey, 1524)
- 1524-1562 William Roberts
- 1562-1566 Nicholas Robinson, then held in commendam to 1573[2] (afterwards Bishop of Bangor, 1566)
- 1574-1576 Humphrey Robinson
- 1576-1623 Edmund Prys
- 1623-1657 Robert White
- 1660–1666 Robert Morgan (afterwards Bishop of Bangor, 1666)
- 1666-1668 John Lloyd
- 1668-1672 William Lloyd (later Bishop of Llandaff, 1675)
- 1672-1676 Simon Lloyd
- 1676-1680 Michael Hughes
- 1680-1683 Hugh Pugh
- 1683-1713 Francis Lloyd,
- 1713-1716 Lancelot Bulkley
- 1716 Richard Langford
- 1733 Hugh Wynne
- 1754
- 1785 John Roberts
- 1802-1809
- 1809-1834 John Jones
- 1834-1857 Richard Newcombe
- 1857-1866 (deceased)
- 1866-1891 (deceased)
- 1891-1906 (deceased)
- 1906-1931
- 1931-1940 Thomas Williams
- 1940-1952
- 1952-1953 John Rhys Davies (deceased)
- 1953-1959 Henry Williams
- 1959-1976 Wallis Thomas
- 1976-1983 Thomas Bayley Hughes (afterwards Archdeacon of Bangor)
- 1983-1986 Elwyn Roberts (afterwards Archdeacon of Bangor, 1986)
- 1986-1993 Barry Morgan (afterwards Bishop of Bangor, 1993)
- 1993-1999 Saunders Davies (afterwards Bishop of Bangor, 2000)
- 2000-2002 Carl Cooper (afterwards Bishop of St David's, 2002)
- 2002-2004 Arfon Williams
- 2004-2010 Emyr Rowlands
- 2010–present Andrew Jones[3]
References[]
- ^ "Meirionnydd Archdeaconry (BM)- In the diocese of: Bangor - Deaneries in this archdeaconry". The Church in Wales. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "ROBINSON family, of Conway, Caernarfonshire, Monachdy, Anglesey, and Gwersyllt, Denbighshire | Dictionary of Welsh Biography".
- ^ "Bishop's Council". Diocese of Bangor.
Sources[]
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