The Archdeacon of Anglesey was the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Anglesey, an administrative division of the Church in Wales

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. Due to the restructuring of the Church in Wales, the post was recreated in 2018.

List of archdeacons of Anglesey

* ?–1267: Anian (afterwards

, 1267) * c.1283–1301: Madog ap Cynfrig (Matthew, Madog ab Crenwiz)) * ?–1309: Einion Sais * 1317: Einion * 1324: Madog ap Meurig of Anglesey * 1328: Madog Hedwich * 1345: John * ?-1368: Hywel ap Goronwy * 1368-1395: Thomas Harborough * 1395-1398: John ap Rhys * ?-1398: Walter de Swaffham * 1405: Evan ap Bleddyn * ?–1410: Thomas Hywel * 1410-1413: John Wolde * 1413-?: Thomas Hywel (2nd term) * 1428, 1440: Andrew Holes * 1446, 1452: William Saundir * 1469–1474: William Moggys * 1474-?: Nicholas ab Ellis * ?-1524: Richard Bulkeley * 1524-1537: William Glynne (died 1537) * 1537-1554: John Salisbury (John of Thetford) (Deprived of office, 1554) * 1554–?1555: Georgius Griffith * 1555–1558:

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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 ...

'' * 6 May 201824 July 2022 (ret.):

Andy Herrick Andrew Frederick Herrick (born 1958) is a retired Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon of Anglesey. Herrick was born in Lincolnshire and educated at the University of Wales and Wycliffe Hall Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1982, and priest i ...

*2022 - John Harvey

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