Thomas Bevan (22 March 1800 – 28 December 1863) was

Archdeacon of St David's The Archdeacon of St Davids is a senior cleric in the Church in Wales' Diocese of St Davids. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of St Davids, one of three archdeaconries in the ...

from 1833 until his death. Bevan was born at

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and was educated at

Jesus College, Oxford Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship St ...

. He was made deacon in 1823 and ordained priest in 1824, both times by the Bishop of Winchester.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory'', 1860 (p. 47) He became

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of St Peter,

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"West Wales historical records. Annual magazine of the Historical Society of West Wales Volume 5" Green, F. (Ed) p26: Carmarthen, W.Spurrell, 1915 in 1833; the same year he was collated Archdeacon of St David's, and prebendary of Meidrim in that cathedral; he also became prebendary of Llanwrthwl in the Collegiate Church of Brecon, 1853. He died at

, aged 63.

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1800 births 1863 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Archdeacons of St Davids {{Christianity-bio-stub