This is a list of the

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s of

Meirionnydd Meirionnydd is a coastal and mountainous region of Wales. It has been a kingdom, a cantref, a district and, as Merionethshire, a county. Kingdom Meirionnydd (Meirion, with -''ydd'' as a Welsh suffix of land, literally ''Land adjoined to Meirion ...

. 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 Diocese of Bangor is a diocese of the Church in Wales in North West Wales. The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and the western part of Montgomeryshire. History The diocese in the Welsh kingd ...

. The archdeaconry comprises the five deaneries of Ardudwy, Arwystili, Cyfeiliog/Mawddwy, Llyn/Eifionydd and Ystumaner.

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 Gruffydd Young (or Griffin Yonge) (c. 1370 – c. 1435) was a cleric and a close supporter of Owain Glyndŵr during his Wales, Welsh rebellion against the England, English Henry IV of England, King Henry IV between 1400 and 1412. Winning favour ...

*-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 The Archdeacon of Anglesey was the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Anglesey, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. In 1844 the Archdeaconry of Anglesey was combined with the Archdeaconry of Bangor to form th ...

, 1524) *1524-1562 William Roberts *1562-1566 Nicholas Robinson, then held ''

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'' to 1573 (afterwards

Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. The see is based in the city of Bangor where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Cathedral Church of Saint Deiniol. The ''Report of the Commissioners appointed ...

, 1566) *1574-1576 Humphrey Robinson *1576-1623

Edmund Prys Edmund (Edmwnd) Prys (1542/3 – 1623) was a Welsh clergyman and poet, best known for Welsh metrical translations of the Psalms in his ''Salmau Cân''. Life Prys was born in Llanrwst, Denbighshire 1542 or 1543, son of Siôn ap Rhys ap Gruff ...

*1623-1657 Robert White *1660–1666 Robert Morgan (afterwards

, 1666) *1666-1668 John Lloyd *1668-1672 William Lloyd (later

Bishop of Llandaff The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. Area of authority The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop's seat is in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of a ...

, 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

John Ellis John Ellis may refer to: Academics *John Ellis (scrivener) (1698–1791), English political writer *John Ellis (naturalist) (1710–1776), English botanical illustrator *John Ellis (physicist, born 1946), British theoretical physicist at CERN * Jo ...

*1785 John Roberts *1802-1809 Peter Williams *1809-1834 John Jones *1834-1857 Richard Newcombe *1857-1866 Henry Weir White (deceased) *1866-1891 John Evans (deceased) *1891-1906 Thomas Williams (deceased) *1906-1931 John Lloyd Jones *1931-1940 Thomas Williams *1940-1952 David Jenkins *1952-1953

John Rhys Davies John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untouch ...

(deceased) *1953-1959 Henry Williams *1959-1976

Wallis Thomas Wallis Huw Wallis Thomas (10 March 1906 – 2001) was a Church in Wales priest who, at the time of his death, was the oldest working priest in Britain. He was Archdeacon of Merioneth from 1959 to 1976, but was still thought of as the Archdeaco ...

*1976-1983

Thomas Bayley Hughes Thomas Bayley Hughes (1916-1988) was a Welsh Anglican priest. Hughes was educated at the University of Wales and St Michael's College, Llandaff. He was ordained deacon in 1941 and priest in 1942. After curacies at Llanrug and Llanberis he held i ...

(afterwards Archdeacon of Bangor) *1983-1986

Elwyn Roberts Elwyn Roberts (1931-2009) was a Welsh, Anglican priest. Roberts was educated at Bangor University, Keble College, Oxford and St Michael's College, Llandaff. He was ordained deacon in 1955 and priest in 1956. After a curacy in Bangor he was Libr ...

(afterwards

Archdeacon of Bangor The Archdeacon of Bangor is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Bangor, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. In 1844, the Archdeaconry of Bangor was combined with the Archdeaconry of Anglesey to form the Arc ...

, 1986) *1986-1993 Barry Morgan (afterwards

, 1993) *1993-1999

Saunders Davies Francis James Saunders Davies (30 December 1937 – 30 March 2018) was the Anglican Bishop of Bangor from 2000 until 2004. Davies was educated at the University College of North Wales and Selwyn College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1964, he began ...

(afterwards

, 2000) *2000-2002

Carl Cooper Carl Norman Cooper (born 4 August 1960) is a Welsh former Anglican bishop who was the Bishop of St David's from 2002 to 2008. Early life Cooper was born on 4 August 1960 and grew up in Wigan in Lancashire. He first spent time in Wales as an un ...

(afterwards

Bishop of St David's The Bishop of St Davids is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids. The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the St Davids, city of ...

, 2002) *2002-2004

Arfon Williams Arfon Williams (born 1958) is a Welsh Anglican priest. Williams was educated at Aberystwyth University and Wycliffe Hall Oxford. After a curacy in Carmarthen he held Incumbencies in Aberystwyth and . He was Archdeacon of Merioneth from 2002 u ...

*2004-2010

Emyr Rowlands Emyr Wyn Rowlands (b February 1942) is a Church in Wales priest. He was Archdeacon of Merioneth from 2004 to 2010. Jones was educated at St. Michael's College, Llandaff and the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. After a curacy at Holyhead ...

*2010–present Andrew Jones

References

Sources

British history online
* :s:Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/158 * :s:Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/159 {{Archdeacons in the Church in Wales

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