David Edwardes Davies

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Edwardes Davies, not Davies.

David Edwardes Davies (30 May 1879 – 15 May 1950)^[1] was the Anglican Bishop of Bangor from 1944 to 1949.^[2][3]

Edwardes Davies was educated at Durham University on a theological scholarship^[4] and ordained in 1905. He began his ordained ministry with curacies at Oswestry and Wrexham.^[5] He then held incumbencies at Brymbo, Mold, Rhyl and Swansea before his ordination to the episcopate. He died on 15 May 1950.^[6]

References

1. Frank Moore Colby (1950). The New International Year Book. Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 389.
2. The Times, 11 August 1944; pg. 7; Issue 49932; col C Ecclesiastical News
3. "Diocese of Bangor". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
4. "Durham University Calendar 1912-13". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
5. "The Clergy List", London, Kelly’s 1913
6. The Times, 16 May 1950; pg. 1; Issue 51692; col A, Deaths

Church in Wales titles
Preceded by Charles Green	Bishop of Bangor 1944 –1949	Succeeded by John Charles Jones

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