Lorys Davies Explained

Lorys Martin Davies (14 June 1936 – 25 February 2021) was Archdeacon of Bolton from 1992^[1] until 2001.

Biography

Davies was born on 14 June 1936, in Whitland. He received his education at Whitland Grammar School and St David's College, Lampeter. After training for ordination at Wells Theological College,^[2] he was ordained deacon in 1959 and priest in 1960.^[3] After a curacy in Tenby, he was the Chaplain at Brentwood School from 1962 to 1966; and then of Solihull School from 1966 to 1968. He was Vicar of Moseley from 1968 to 1981; a Residentiary Canon at Birmingham Cathedral from 1981 to 1992; and the Advisor to the Bishop of Manchester on Hospital Chaplaincies from 1992 to 2001^[4]

Davies died in 2021 at the age of 84.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Church news The Times (London, England), Wednesday, November 06, 1991; pg. 18; Issue 64170
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1985-86, 89th Edition, p 125.
3. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
4. ‘ DAVIES, Ven. Lorys Martin’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 27 June 2013
5. Web site: Church Times: Deaths, 5 March 2021. 5 March 2021.