Leslie Lloyd Rees Explained

Leslie Lloyd Rees
Bishop of Shrewsbury
Diocese:Diocese of Lichfield
Term:1980–1986
Predecessor:Francis Cocks
Successor:John Davies
Other Post:Honorary assistant bishop in Winchester (1987–2004)
Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (1971–1980)
Chaplain-General of Prisons (1962–1980)
Ordination:1942 (deacon); 1943 (priest)
Consecration:1980
Birth Date:14 April 1919
Religion:Anglican
Parents:Rees Thomas & Elizabeth
Spouse:Rosamond Smith (m. 1944; d. 1989)
Children:2 sons (1 d.)
Profession:Prison chaplain
Alma Mater:Kelham Theological College

Leslie Lloyd Rees (properly surnamed Lloyd-Rees, but sometimes called Rees; 14 April 19194 July 2013)[1] was variously Honorary Chaplain to the Queen,[2] Chaplain-General of Prisons[3] and Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury.[4]

Rees was educated at Kelham Theological College.[5] He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1942 (20 September) and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (18 September 1943) — both times by John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff at Llandaff Cathedral.[6] after a brief curacy at St Saviour, Roath,[7] he embarked on a long career as a Prison Chaplain: he was successively Chaplain at Cardiff, Durham, Dartmoor and Winchester. In 1962 he was appointed to the head of the service (Chaplain-General of Prisons), a post he held until his appointment to the episcopate 18 years later.[8] He was also appointed honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral in 1966.[9] He was consecrated a bishop on 3 November 1980, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. He became a Chaplain of the Order of St John (ChStJ).

In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Winchester,[10] having settled in Alresford, Hampshire. and served as a member of the Parole Board for England and Wales from 1987 to 1990.

Later in retirement he moved to a retirement home at Blackwater, Isle of Wight where he died in July 2013, aged 94.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Telegraph Announcements - Leslie Rees. 9 July 2013.
  2. [The Times]
  3. [The Times]
  4. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  5. ‘REES, Leslie Lloyd’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U32150, accessed 6 July 2012
  6. "Long serving Chaplain General of the Prison Service who used his boxing credentials to good effect to establish a rapport with inmates" Obituaries p47 The Times Issue no 70,934 dated Thursday 11 July 2013
  7. http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/rb/par.php?dosommat=detail&which=688 Parish details
  8. [The Times]
  9. News: Bishop Leslie dies aged 94.. Shropshire Star. 14 July 2013. 5.
  10. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/birthdays-1304635.html The Independent – Birthdays, 13 April 1996