In office 1980–1986 Successor John Davies Denomination Anglican Predecessor Francis Cocks | Name Leslie Rees Consecration 1980 Died July 4, 2013 Diocese Diocese of Lichfield | |
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Other posts Honorary assistant bishop in Winchester (1987–2004)
Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (1971–1980)
Chaplain-General of Prisons (1962–1980) Ordination c. 1942 (deacon); c. 1943 (priest) Born April 14, 1919 ( 1919-04-14 ) Parents Rees Thomas & Elizabeth Spouse Rosamond Smith (m. 1944; d. 1989) Role Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury Alma mater Society of the Sacred Mission | ||
Leslie Lloyd Rees (properly surnamed Lloyd-Rees, but sometimes called Rees; 14 April 1919 - 4 July 2013) was variously Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, Chaplain-General of Prisons and Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury.
Rees was educated at Kelham Theological College. Ordained in 1942, after a brief curacy at St Saviour, Roath, he embarked on a long career as a Prison Chaplain. He was successively Chaplain at Cardiff, Durham, Dartmoor and Winchester In 1962 he was appointed to the head of the service, a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate 18 years later. He was also appointed honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral in 1966.
In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Winchester, having settled in Alresford, Hampshire. and served as a member of the Parole Board for England and Wales from 1987 to 1990.
Later in retirement he moved to a retirement home at Blackwater, Isle of Wight where he died in July 2013, aged 94.