Richard William Payne Davies was a Welsh

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

priest in the 19th century, the

archdeacon of Brecon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most ...

from 1859 to 1875.. Davies was born in

Llangenny Llangenny ( cy, Llangenau) is a village in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales. It is in the lower reaches of the Grwyne Fawr. The Vale of Grwyney community consists of Glangrwyney, Llanbedr, and Llangenny. Three features in Llangenny ...

and educated at

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. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

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in 1830, and priest in 1832. Crockfords 1868 p460: London,

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, 1868) He was the

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at Llangasty.

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Archdeacons of Brecon 19th-century Welsh Anglican priests Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford People from Brecknockshire {{Welsh-Anglican-clergy-stub