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 A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and ...

. 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 ...

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1922 births 2000 deaths Alumni of Aberystwyth University Alumni of the Queen's Foundation Archdeacons of Margam Welsh solicitors 20th-century British lawyers {{Wales-bio-stub