(David) Eifion Evans (22 January 1911 – 23 May 1997) was Archdeacon of Cardigan from 1967 to 1979. Evans was educated at the

University College of Wales , mottoeng = A world without knowledge is no world at all , established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wales'') , former_names = University of Wales, Aberystwyth , type = Public , endowment = ...

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 1935. After curacies in

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth Llanfihangel-ar-Arth is a village and a Community (Wales), community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The area includes six villages: Alltwalis, Dolgran, Gwyddgrug, Llanfihangel-Ar-Arth, New Inn, Carmarthenshire, New Inn and Pencader, Carm ...

and Llanbadarn Fawr he was a

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to the

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during World War II. held incumbencies at Spittal, Llangadog, After this he held incumbencies at Penrhyncoch and

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth () is a university and seaside town as well as a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". Aberystwyth University has been a major educational location in ...

‘EVANS, Ven. (David) Eifion’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 201
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/ref> before his appointment as

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. His son,

Wyn Evans John Wyn Evans (born 4 October 1946) is a retired Anglican bishop. He had served as Bishop of St Davids in the Church in Wales from 2008 to 2016. Biography Born into a clerical family (his father was Eifion Evans (archdeacon of Cardigan) ...

, was bishop of St Davids from 2008 To 2016.

References

1911 births 1997 deaths Alumni of Aberystwyth University Alumni of St Michael's College, Llandaff Welsh military chaplains Archdeacons of Cardigan {{ChurchinWales-clergy-stub