This is a list of the archdeacons of

Meirionnydd Meirionnydd is a coastal and mountainous region of Wales. It has been a kingdom, a cantref, a district and, as Merionethshire, a county. Kingdom Meirionnydd (Meirion, with -''ydd'' as a Welsh suffix of land, literally ''Land adjoined to Meirio ...

. The Archdeacon of Meirionydd is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Meirionydd, an administrative division of the Church in Wales

Diocese of Bangor The Diocese of Bangor is a diocese of the Church in Wales in North West Wales. The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and the western part of Montgomeryshire. History The diocese in the Welsh kingd ...

. The archdeaconry comprises the five deaneries of Ardudwy, Arwystili, Cyfeiliog/Mawddwy, Llyn/Eifionydd and Ystumaner.

Archdeacons of Meirionydd

Medieval period

*(1328)(1331) Tudur ap Adda *1358-1387 Samuel de Wyk *1387 - John Sloley *-1404 John ap Rhys *1404- John Fychan *1405 Gruffydd Young *-1410 (Matthew Peyworden (alias Wotton) *1410- Roger Hungarten *1416- John Estcourt *1436 Richard Gele *1485 Richard Bulkeley

Modern period

*1504 Richard Bromfield *?-1524 William Glyn (afterwards Archdeacon of Anglesey, 1524) *1524-1562 William Roberts *1562-1566 Nicholas Robinson, then held '' in commendam'' to 1573 (afterwards

Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. The see is based in the city of Bangor where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Cathedral Church of Saint Deiniol. The ''Report of the Commissioners appointed ...

, 1566) *1574-1576 Humphrey Robinson *1576-1623 Edmund Prys *1623-1657 Robert White *1660–1666 Robert Morgan (afterwards

, 1666) *1666-1668 John Lloyd *1668-1672 William Lloyd (later

Bishop of Llandaff The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. Area of authority The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop's seat is in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of ...

, 1675) *1672-1676 Simon Lloyd *1676-1680 Michael Hughes *1680-1683 Hugh Pugh *1683-1713 Francis Lloyd, *1713-1716 Lancelot Bulkley *1716 Richard Langford *1733 Hugh Wynne *1754 John Ellis *1785 John Roberts *1802-1809 Peter Williams *1809-1834 John Jones *1834-1857 Richard Newcombe *1857-1866 Henry Weir White (deceased) *1866-1891 John Evans (deceased) *1891-1906 Thomas Williams (deceased) *1906-1931 John Lloyd Jones *1931-1940 Thomas Williams *1940-1952 David Jenkins *1952-1953

John Rhys Davies John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untouch ...

(deceased) *1953-1959 Henry Williams *1959-1976 Wallis Thomas *1976-1983 Thomas Bayley Hughes (afterwards Archdeacon of Bangor) *1983-1986

Elwyn Roberts Elwyn Roberts (1931-2009) was a Welsh, Anglican priest. Roberts was educated at Bangor University, Keble College, Oxford and St Michael's College, Llandaff. He was ordained deacon in 1955 and priest in 1956. After a curacy in Bangor he was Libr ...

(afterwards

Archdeacon of Bangor The Archdeacon of Bangor is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Bangor, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. In 1844, the Archdeaconry of Bangor was combined with the Archdeaconry of Anglesey to form the Arc ...

, 1986) *1986-1993 Barry Morgan (afterwards

, 1993) *1993-1999 Saunders Davies (afterwards

, 2000) *2000-2002 Carl Cooper (afterwards

Bishop of St David's The Bishop of St Davids is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids. The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, ...

, 2002) *2002-2004 Arfon Williams *2004-2010 Emyr Rowlands *2010–present Andrew Jones

References

Sources

British history online
* :s:Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/158 * :s:Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/159 {{Archdeacons in the Church in Wales

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