Owain Jones (priest) explained

Owain William Jones (9 September 1921 – February 1995)[1] was a Welsh Anglican priest.[2]

Jones was born in Merthyr Tydfil[3] in 1921 and educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1938, and priest in 1939.[4] After a curacy in Roath he was chaplain at St Michael's College, Llandaff. Jones was Warden of Church Hostel, Bangor and a lecturer at the University of Wales from 1957 to 1962. He held incumbencies at Builth and Newbridge-on-Wye. He was Archdeacon of Brecon from 1979 until 1987; and archdeacon of Gower from 1987 to 1989.

References

  1. Web site: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 . Ancestry . 5 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Brycheiniog – Vol. 22 1986–1987 The Archdeaconry of Brecon. Welsh Journals Online. 11 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Birth registration . FreeBMD . 5 December 2022.
  4. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]