The Ven. (Albert) Owen Evans (20 February 1864 – 22 September 1937) was an

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priest and author. Evans was born on 20 February 1864 and educated at

St David's College, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited ...

. He was a

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at Connah's Quay and Diocesan Inspector of Schools for the

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 ...

from 1899 to 1909; Rector of

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from 1909 to 1918;

Rural Dean In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective. ...

Talybolion Talybolion was a commote in the Hundred of Cemaes. The parishes of Llanfwrog and Llanbadrig Llanbadrig is a village and community (and former electoral ward) in Anglesey, Wales. The parish includes the township of Clygyrog, Tregynrig and th ...

from 1918 to 1921; and Archdeacon of Bangor from 1921 until his death on 22 September 1937.''Obituary: The Archdeacon Of Bangor'',

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(London, England), Thursday, 23 September 1937; p. 14; Issue 47797.

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1864 births Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter Archdeacons of Bangor 1937 deaths {{UK-reli-bio-stub