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List of Archdeacons of Merioneth - Wikipedia

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This is a list of the archdeacons of Meirionnydd. The Archdeacon of Meirionydd is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Meirionydd, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. The archdeaconry comprises the five deaneries of Ardudwy, Arwystili, Cyfeiliog/Mawddwy, Llyn/Eifionydd and Ystumaner.^[1]

Archdeacons of Meirionydd

Medieval period

(1328)(1331) Tudur ap Adda
1358-1387 Samuel de Wyk
1387 - John Sloley
-1404 John ap Rhys
1404- John Fychan
1405 Gruffydd Young
-1410 (Matthew Peyworden (alias Wotton)
1410- Roger Hungarten
1416- John Estcourt
1436 Richard Gele
1485 Richard Bulkeley

Modern period

1504 Richard Bromfield
?-1524 William Glyn (afterwards Archdeacon of Anglesey, 1524)
1524-1562 William Roberts
1562-1566 Nicholas Robinson, then held in commendam to 1573^[2] (afterwards Bishop of Bangor, 1566)
1574-1576 Humphrey Robinson
1576-1623 Edmund Prys
1623-1657 Robert White
1660–1666 Robert Morgan (afterwards Bishop of Bangor, 1666)
1666-1668 John Lloyd
1668-1672 William Lloyd (later Bishop of Llandaff, 1675)
1672-1676 Simon Lloyd
1676-1680 Michael Hughes
1680-1683 Hugh Pugh
1683-1713 Francis Lloyd,
1713-1716 Lancelot Bulkley
1716 Richard Langford
1733 Hugh Wynne
1754 John Ellis
1785 John Roberts
1802-1809 Peter Williams
1809-1834 John Jones
1834-1857 Richard Newcombe
1857-1866 Henry Weir White (deceased)
1866-1891 John Evans (deceased)
1891-1906 Thomas Williams (deceased)
1906-1931 John Lloyd Jones
1931-1940 Thomas Williams
1940-1952 David Jenkins
1952-1953 John Rhys Davies (deceased)
1953-1959 Henry Williams
1959-1976 Wallis Thomas
1976-1983 Thomas Bayley Hughes (afterwards Archdeacon of Bangor)
1983-1986 Elwyn Roberts (afterwards Archdeacon of Bangor, 1986)
1986-1993 Barry Morgan (afterwards Bishop of Bangor, 1993)
1993-1999 Saunders Davies (afterwards Bishop of Bangor, 2000)
2000-2002 Carl Cooper (afterwards Bishop of St David's, 2002)
2002-2004 Arfon Williams
2004-2010 Emyr Rowlands
2010–2023 Andrew Jones^[3] (resigned March^[4] or 24 February 2023)^[5]
1 October 2023 – present Robert Townsend

Robert William Townsend (born 1968)^[6] was announced on 4 June 2023 as the next Archdeacon of Meirionnydd,^[7] starting from his collation on 1 October 2023.^[8] After studying at University College of North Wales (now Bangor University), he trained for the ministry at St Michael's College, Llandaff.^[6] Townsend was made deacon on 3 July 1993 and ordained priest on 24 June 1995,^[9] serving his title posts as assistant curate of Dolgellau (until 1994) and then a Minor Canon of Bangor Cathedral (1994–1996). He was then an incumbent in the same diocese until 2003, when he became Diocesan Schools Officer of the Diocese of St Davids and (at the same time) Priest-in-Charge of Llanilar until 2006; during this time, he was awarded his Master of Arts (MA) by University of Liverpool in 2004. He returned to Bangor diocese in 2006, holding several parochial and diocesan posts simulataneously since then: including Diocesan Director of Education, Area Dean, Communications Officer since 2012, Canon of Bangor Cathedral since 2012, and Ministry Area Leader of Bro Seiriol since 2019.^[6]

References

^ "Meirionnydd Archdeaconry (BM)- In the diocese of: Bangor - Deaneries in this archdeaconry". The Church in Wales. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
^ "ROBINSON family, of Conway, Caernarfonshire, Monachdy, Anglesey, and Gwersyllt, Denbighshire | Dictionary of Welsh Biography".
^ "Bishop's Council". Diocese of Bangor.
^ "Churches of Llanbedrog". Llanbedrog Information. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
^ "Andrew Carroll Jones". Companies House. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Robert William Townsend". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "New Archdeacons". Esgobaeth Bangor. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
^ "A service for Installation of new Archdeacons". Esgobaeth Bangor. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
^ "The Venerable R W Townsend". Church in Wales. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

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