Douglas Gordon James (1922-2000) was the
Archdeacon of Margam from 1988 to 1992.
James was educated at
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth['' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-82 p 521 '' London: Oxford University Press, 1983 ] and became a
solicitor
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. He studied for the
priesthood at
Queen's College, Edgbaston and was
ordained in 1976. After a
curacy he was the
incumbent at
Aberdare
Aberdare ( ; cy, Aberdâr) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550 (mid-2017 estimate). Aberdare is south-west of Merthyr Tyd ...
until his appointment as
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...
.
References
1922 births
2000 deaths
Alumni of Aberystwyth University
Alumni of the Queen's Foundation
Archdeacons of Margam
Welsh solicitors
20th-century British lawyers
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