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

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, elected in 1980, and serving until 1984.

Life

Early life and career

Jones was born in Porthcawl,

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and came to Canada as a boy.The Anglican Journal - Hywel J. Jones
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

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, and

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in 1942. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 p716: Oxford, OUP,1947 After a curacy in

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he was a travelling priest in the Diocese of Edmonton until 1944. He then moved to the Diocese of British Columbia and was the

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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

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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

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