Archdeacon of St Asaph

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This is a list of the archdeacons of St Asaph. The Archdeacon of St Asaph is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of St Asaph, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Asaph. The archdeaconry comprises the five rural deaneries of Denbigh, Dyffryn Clwyd, Holywell, Llanrwst/Rhos and St Asaph.

Archdeacons of St Asaph

1170: David

1205–1210: Adam

1231–1240: David

1250:Anian I

1266: David

1268-1293: Anian Schonaw (Anian II)

1277: Gruffudd ab Iorwerth

1293, 1306: Gruffudd

?–1330: Llywellyn ap Hwfa

1331: Llywellyn ap Madog ab Elis

1382–1383: Thomas Rushook (afterwards Bishop of Llandaff, 1383)

1390: Thomas Keler

1398: Griffith le Yonge

?–1402: Ithel ap Robert

1425: Edward Trefor

1442–?1457: John Tupney

<1508–1532: Peter Conway

1535: Richard Shelton

1537: William ap Roberts

1539–1554: Richard Pollard

1539–1554: Thomas Davies (dismissed)

1554–1558: Humphrey Edwards

1558–1561: Thomas Davies (restored) (afterwards Bishop of St Asaph, 1561)

1562–1566: Richard Rogers (later Suffragan Bishop of Dover, 1569)

1566–1573: Thomas Powell

1573–1844: Post held in commendam by Bishops of St Asaph

1844–1854: Charles Clough

1854–1877: Robert Wickham

1877-1878: Hugh Morgan

1878:

1889–1892: Watkin Williams (afterwards Dean of St Asaph, 1892)

1892–1897: Hugh Jones

1897–1910: David Evans

1910–1935: Thomas Lloyd (also Suffragan Bishop of Maenan, 1928)

1935–1942: Charles Roberts

1942–1959: Richard Roberts

1959–1964: John Edwards

1964–1970: Richard Owen

1970–1974: William Rees

1974–1984: John Jones

1984–1990: Selwyn Closs-Parry

?1990–1999: John Davies (afterwards Bishop of St Asaph, 1999)

2000–2011: Bernard Thomas

2011–2014 (ret.): Chris Potter

2015–present: John Lomas

References

Archdeacon of St Asaph Wikipedia

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