Alfred George Edwards(2 November 1848 – 22 July 1937), known asA. G. Edwards,was elected the firstarchbishopof the disestablishedChurch in Wales.
A. G. Edwards | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Wales | |
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| Church | Church in Wales |
| Diocese | St Asaph |
| Elected | 1920 |
| In office | 1920–1934 |
| Successor | Charles Green |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1875 |
| Consecration | 1889 |
| Rank | Archbishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 November 1848 |
| Died | 22 July 1937(aged 88) |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
The son of a priest of the Church of England, Edwards was born inLlanymawddwyinGwynedd.He studied atJesus College, Oxford,before being appointed warden ofLlandovery Collegein 1875.[1]In the same year he was ordained as a priest and in 1885 he was appointed the vicar ofSt Peter's Church, Carmarthen. [2]
In 1889, Edwards was appointed theBishop of St Asaph:[3]he waselectedon 2 March atSt Asaph Cathedral[4]and consecrated abishoponLady Day1889 (25 March), byFrederick Temple,Archbishop of Canterbury,atWestminster Abbey.[5]He was a strong defender of the rights of the established Church of England in Wales in the face of mounting call for disestablishment from the nonconformist and liberal majority.
He was Honorary Chaplain to theDenbighshire Yeomanryfrom 2 August 1902.[6]
When the Church of England in Wales was disestablished and became the Church in Wales in 1920, he was elected the firstArchbishop of Walesby his fellow Welsh bishops on 7 April 1920.[7]From 1928 onwards he was assisted byThomas Lloyd,Bishop ofMaenan,[8][9]the only example of an assistant bishop being given a territorial title in the history of the Church in Wales. He retired in 1934, died in 1937 and was buried atSt Asaph.[10]
References
edit- ^Malden Richard (ed)(1920).Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn).London: The Field Press. pp. 1319/20.
- ^Who was Who 1897–20 07,1991,ISBN978-0-19-954087-7
- ^The Bishop Of St Asaph (News),The Times,26 April 1889; pg. 7; Issue 32683; col F
- ^"The Bishopric of St Asaph (col. 3–4)".Church Times.No. 1363. 8 March 1889. p. 222.ISSN0009-658X.Retrieved26 June2018– via UK Press Online archives.
- ^"Consecration of Bishops (col. 3–4)".Church Times.No. 1366. 29 March 1889. p. 289.ISSN0009-658X.Retrieved26 June2018– via UK Press Online archives.
- ^"No. 27460".The London Gazette.1 August 1902. p. 4972.
- ^Owen, Eluned E. (1961).The Later Life of Bishop Owen.Llandyssul: Gomerian Press. p. 434.
- ^"Bishop-Suffragan of St. Asaph".Church Times.No. 3435. 23 November 1928. p. 601.ISSN0009-658X.Retrieved6 October2017– via UK Press Online archives.
- ^Green, Charles A.H.(1937).The Setting of the Constitution of the Church in Wales.London: Sweet and Maxwell. pp. 20, 320.
- ^Ecclesiastical News, Archbishop Of Wales's Retirement (Official Appointments and Notices),The Times,25 July 1934; pg. 15; Issue 46815; col D