David Huw Jones (1 July 1934 – 18 October 2016) was a Welsh

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who served as the

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from 1996 to 2001.Gwir Barchedig D Huw Jones (Caerdydd)
, Nottingham Welsh Society

Ministry

His first

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appointment was as a

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Aberdare Aberdare ( ; cy, Aberdâr) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550 (mid-2017 estimate). Aberdare is south-west of Merthyr Tyd ...

from 1959 to 1961, followed by the

of St Catherine's,

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from 1961 to 1965, Vicar of

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from 1965 to 1969, then the Vicar of

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(Cwmavon)(Michaelston-Super-Avon) from 1969 to 1973. His next appointment was as the Sub-

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from 1974 to 1978. He also became a

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in the Faculty of

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at the

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from 1974 to 1978; becoming Assistant

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of Faculty from 1977 to 1978. He became a Diocesan Ecumenical Officer in 1979. He was appointed

Brecon Cathedral Brecon Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Aberhonddu), in the town of Brecon, Powys, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales and seat of the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon. Previously the church of Brecon Priory ...

and Vicar of

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, St Mary and Battle with Llanddew, in 1982, where he served until 1993.

Episcopal career

He was consecrated an Assistant Bishop of St Asaph in 1993. He was elected and enthroned

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in 1996. He retired at the end of 2001 and died on 18 October 2016.

References

1934 births 2016 deaths Bishops of St Davids Deans of Brecon Cathedral 20th-century bishops of the Church in Wales {{Anglican-bishop-stub