Harold John Charles (26 June 1914 – 11 December 1987) was an

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. Charles was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at

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in 1938, he began his career with a

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Abergwili Abergwili () is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, near the confluence of the rivers Towy and Gwili, close to the town of Carmarthen. It is also an electoral ward. The community includes the settlements of Peniel, Llanfihangel- ...

. After this he was the Bishop's Messenger for the

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until 1948 and then warden of the University Church Hostel, Bangor and a

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until 1952. He was then

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of St James' Bangor and then in 1954 the

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of St Michael's College,

Llandaff Llandaff (; cy, Llandaf ; from 'church' and '' Taf'') is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, whose ...

. In 1957 he became

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and in 1971 its diocesan bishop.

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, 4 February 1971; p. 16; Issue 58090; col D ''Church news'' He retired in 1982.

References

1914 births Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Academics of Bangor University Deans of St Asaph Bishops of St Asaph 20th-century bishops of the Church in Wales 1987 deaths Alumni of St Michael's College, Llandaff Wardens of St Michael's College, Llandaff {{Anglican-bishop-stub