Owen Phillips (priest) explained

Evan Owen Phillips^[1] (27 April 1826 – 2 March 1897)^[2] was a Welsh Anglican priest, the third Dean^[3] of St David's.

He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and graduated BA as 18th Wrangler in 1849. Ordained in 1850,^[4] he was Warden of the Welsh College, Llandovery from 1854 to 1861^[5] and held incumbencies at Aberystwyth^[6] and Letterston. He was Chancellor of St David's Cathedral from 1879 until^[7] his elevation to the Deanery in 1895.^[8]
A Fellow of his old college, he died on 2 March 1897.^[9]

External links

• Picture of Owen Phillips on flickr

Notes and References

1. http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=1&coll_id=20242&expand= National Library of Wales
2. s-PHIL-OWE-1826. Phillips, Evan Owen (1826-1897), dean of S. Davids. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 28 November 2021.
3. Although an ancient foundation, before 1840 the senior residentiary cleric was the Precentor, and not a Dean, due to a complication during the dissolution of the monasteries > “Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi, 1181-1981 / St David's Cathedral, 1181-1981” St David's, Gwasg yr Oriel Fach, 1981
4. [The Times]
5. http://www.llandoverycollege.com/default.asp?page=656 College web site
6. [Who's Who|Who was Who]
7. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
8. The Bishop of St. David's has offered the deanery to the Rev Canon E.O Phillips (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Saturday, Sep 14, 1895; pg. 5; Issue 34682; col G
9. Multiple News Items .The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, March 04, 1897; pg. 5; Issue 38920. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II