Hywel James Jones (4 March 1918 – 23 April 2003)
[Victoria, B.C., Canada: The Times Colonist, April 26, 2003: Obituary of Hywel James Jones] was the 9th
Anglican
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Bishop of British Columbia
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, elected in 1980, and serving until 1984.
Life
Early life and career
Jones was born in
Porthcawl,
Wales and came to Canada as a boy.
[The Anglican Journal - Hywel J. Jones](_blank)
Accessed 06 Apr. 2018 He graduated from the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, a member of the
Saskatoon Theological Union group of Protestant theological colleges within the
University of Saskatchewan, and
ordained in 1942.
[ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 p716: Oxford, OUP,1947]
After a
curacy in
Tofield, Alberta he was a travelling priest in the Diocese of Edmonton
until 1944. He then moved to the Diocese of British Columbia and was the
incumbent at
Parksville-Qualicum
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from 1944 to 1947, of
Colwood–
Langford from 1947 to 1954, and of Oak Bay from 1954 to 1979. He was also
Archdeacon of Quatsino
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from 1969 to 1971 and
of Victoria from 1971 to 1976.
Jones was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity by his alma mater in 1980.
Personal life
Jones' wife, Margaret, died in 1985. They had a daughter and a son, and six grandchildren.
References
Anglican bishops of British Columbia
20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
Anglican archdeacons in North America
Welsh Christians
University of Saskatchewan alumni
1918 births
2003 deaths
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