David Jones Davies was
Dean of
Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington from 1948 to 1962.
Davies was educated at the
University of Wales and
St. Michael's College, Llandaff
St Padarn's Institute came into being in 2016. Until then the site belonged to St Michael's College, an Anglican theological college in Llandaff, Wales. St Michael's college was founded in Aberdare in 1892, and was situated in Llandaff from 190 ...
; and
ordained in 1916. After
curacies in
Canton
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,
Mottram in Longdendale and
Gisborne, New Zealand he held
incumbencies at
ÅŒpunake
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,
Greytown, Palmerston North and
Kilbirnie
Kilbirnie ( Gaelic: ''Cill Bhraonaigh'') is a small town of 7,280 (as of 2001) inhabitants situated in the Garnock Valley area of North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. It is around southwest of Glasgow and approximately from Paisle ...
before joining the staff of
Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington in 1938.
[ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1967/68 p 304: Oxford, OUP, 1967]
References
1912 births
1987 deaths
Alumni of the University of Wales
Alumni of St Michael's College, Llandaff
Deans of Wellington
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