David Daniel Bartlett (5 November 1900 – 10 April 1977) was

Bishop of St Asaph The Bishop of St Asaph heads the Church in Wales diocese of St Asaph. The diocese covers the counties of Conwy and Flintshire, Wrexham county borough, the eastern part of Merioneth in Gwynedd and part of northern Powys. The Episcopal seat is loca ...

from 1950 until 1971. Born in

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on 5 November 1900, he was educated at Queen Elizabeth Boys Grammar School,

St David's College, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited ...

and then

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. He was ordained deacon in 1923 and priest in 1924. Also in 1923 he went back to St David's College as a

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; after this he was

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from 1931 to 1946. He was then Professor of Hebrew and Theology at St David's College Lampeter from 1946 to 1950. He was consecrated Bishop of St Asaph in Brecon Cathedral on 21 September 1950. In this role, he was often the bishop who represented Wales on central council of the Church of England. He died on 10 April 1977.Deaths DD Bartlett

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Wednesday, Apr 13, 1977; pg. 24; Issue 59976; col B

References

1900 births 1977 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Wales, Lampeter Bishops of St Asaph Holders of a Lambeth degree 20th-century bishops of the Church in Wales {{Anglican-bishop-stub Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter