John Owen (
1698
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–
1755
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) was a
Welsh
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priest who became Chancellor of
Bangor Cathedral
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The site of the present building of Bangor Cathedral has been in use as a place of Christian worship since ...
. He was a staunch opponent of
Methodism and was regarded as having a "troublesome litigious temper", bringing
Methodist supporters in front of the ecclesiastical courts and having some excommunicated.
Life
Owen was born in
Llanidloes
Llanidloes () is a town and community on the A470 and B4518 roads in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire ( cy, Sir Drefaldwyn), Wales. The population in 2011 was 2,929, of whom 15% could speak Welsh. It is the third ...
,
Wales in 1698 and studied at
Jesus College, Oxford, from 1719. It is unclear whether he obtained a degree from the
University of Oxford, but he is thought to have
incorporated at the
University of Cambridge (
Trinity Hall) in 1741, obtaining
LLB and
LLD
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degrees in 1742 and 1751 respectively.
After ordination, he became vicar of
Llannor
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with
Deneio (near
Pwllheli
Pwllheli () is a market town and community of the Llŷn Peninsula ( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn) in Gwynedd, north-western Wales. It had a population of 4,076 in 2011 of whom a large proportion, 81%, are Welsh language, Welsh speaking. Pwllheli is the pl ...
,
Gwynedd
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) in 1723, becoming
canon of
Bangor Cathedral
Bangor Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Bangor) is a cathedral in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deiniol.
The site of the present building of Bangor Cathedral has been in use as a place of Christian worship since ...
in 1742 and Chancellor in 1743. In 1745, he was additionally appointed
rector
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of
Llantrisant, Anglesey
Llantrisant (; Welsh for "Parish of the Three Saints") is a hamlet in Anglesey, Wales. It is in the community of Tref Alaw.
Its parish church is dedicated to Saints Afran, Ieuan, and Sanan.Church in Wales"Ss Afran, Ieuan and Sanan (New Ch), L ...
; whilst his date of death is unknown, his successor was installed "because of the death of J. Owen" on 8 November 1755.
[
During his clerical career, Owen was known to be strongly opposed to Methodism, complaining about the Methodist nature of circulating schools in the area and taking proceedings in the ecclesiastical courts against those who supported Methodists, often leading to excommunication. On one action, he prosecuted a priest who had allowed a circulating school to function in his parish; the case took three years to resolve and, whilst the priest was acquitted, he still had to leave his farm. One contemporary of Owen, the priest John Lewis, said that Owen was "famous for a troublesome litigious temper" and thought it strange that the Bishop of Bangor would want to appoint him Chancellor.]
References
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1698 births
1755 deaths
People from Llanidloes
18th-century Welsh Anglican priests
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge