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Archbishop of Wales

Index Archbishop of Wales

The post of Archbishop of Wales was created in 1920 when the Church in Wales was separated from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part), and disestablished. [1]

41 relations: A. G. Edwards (bishop), Alwyn Rice Jones, Anglican Communion, Archbishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of York, Augustine of Hippo, Barry Morgan, Bishop, Bishop of Bangor, Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Monmouth, Bishop of St Asaph, Bishop of St David's, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, Charles Green (bishop), Christianity in Wales, Church in Wales, Church of England, David Prosser (bishop), Derrick Childs, Diocese, Diocese of St David's, Edwin Morris (bishop), Episcopal see, George Noakes, Glyn Simon, Gwilym Williams, John Davies (Archbishop of Wales), John Morgan (bishop), Magdalene College, Cambridge, Margaret Thatcher, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Primate (bishop), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff, Rowan Williams, Thomas Lloyd (bishop), Translation (ecclesiastical), Wales, Welsh language.

A. G. Edwards (bishop)

Alfred George Edwards (2 November 1848 – 22 July 1937), known as A. G. Edwards, was elected the first archbishop of the disestablished Church in Wales.

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Alwyn Rice Jones

Alwyn Rice Jones (25 March 1934 – 12 August 2007) was Bishop of St Asaph from 1981 to 1999 and also Archbishop of Wales, the Welsh province of the Anglican Communion, from 1991 to 1999.

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Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion with 85 million members, founded in 1867 in London, England.

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Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop (via Latin archiepiscopus, from Greek αρχιεπίσκοπος, from αρχι-, 'chief', and επίσκοπος, 'bishop') is a bishop of higher rank or office.

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Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Archbishop of York

The Archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy.

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Barry Morgan

Barry Cennydd Morgan (born 31 January 1947) is a Welsh Anglican bishop and academic.

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Bishop

A bishop (English derivation from the New Testament of the Christian Bible Greek επίσκοπος, epískopos, "overseer", "guardian") is an ordained, consecrated, or appointed member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight.

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Bishop of Bangor

The Bishop of Bangor is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.

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Bishop of Llandaff

The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.

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Bishop of Monmouth

The Bishop of Monmouth is the diocesan bishop of the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth.

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Bishop of St Asaph

The Bishop of St Asaph heads the Church in Wales diocese of St Asaph.

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Bishop of St David's

The Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.

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Bishop of Swansea and Brecon

The Bishop of Swansea and Brecon is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.

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Charles Green (bishop)

Charles Alfred Howell Green (19 August 1864 – 7 May 1944) was an Anglican bishop of the Church in Wales.

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Christianity in Wales

Christianity is the largest religion in Wales.

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Church in Wales

The Church in Wales (Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is the Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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David Prosser (bishop)

David Lewis Prosser (10 June 1868 – 28 February 1950) was a Welsh Anglican bishop and Archbishop of Wales from 1944 to 1949.

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Derrick Childs

Derrick Greenslade Childs (14 January 1918 – 18 March 1987) was the Anglican Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales.

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Diocese

The word diocese is derived from the Greek term διοίκησις meaning "administration".

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Diocese of St David's

The Diocese of St Davids covers the historic extent of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire, together with a small part of western Glamorgan.

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Edwin Morris (bishop)

Alfred Edwin Morris (8 May 1894– 19 October 1971) was the Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales in the middle of the 20th century.

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Episcopal see

The seat or cathedra of the Bishop of Rome in the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano An episcopal see is, in the usual meaning of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

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George Noakes

George Noakes (13 September 1924 – 14 July 2008) was the Bishop of St Davids and (briefly) the Archbishop of Wales.

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Glyn Simon

William Glyn Hughes Simon (14 April 1903 – 14 June 1972) was the Anglican Archbishop of Wales from 1968 to 1971.

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Gwilym Williams

Gwilym Owen Williams (23 March 1913 – 23 December 1990) was Bishop of Bangor from 1957 to 1982 and Anglican Archbishop of Wales from 1971 to 1982.

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John Davies (Archbishop of Wales)

John David Edward Davies (born 6 February 1953) is a Welsh Anglican bishop and former solicitor.

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John Morgan (bishop)

John Morgan (6 June 1886 – 26 June 1957) was a Welsh Anglican bishop.

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Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

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Monarchy of the United Kingdom

The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom, its dependencies and its overseas territories.

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Primate (bishop)

Primate is a title or rank bestowed on some archbishops in certain Christian churches.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of the United Kingdom government.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff (Archidioecesis Cardiffensis; Archesgobaeth Caerdydd) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church which covers the south-east portion of Wales and the county of Herefordshire in England.

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Rowan Williams

Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (born 14 June 1950) is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet.

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Thomas Lloyd (bishop)

Thomas Lloyd BA was a Welsh Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.

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Translation (ecclesiastical)

Translation is the transfer of a bishop from one episcopal see to another.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Wales

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