The Very Rev

Very Reverend

The Very Reverend is a style given to certain religious figures.*In the Roman Catholic Church, by custom, priests who hold positions of particular note: e.g...

  Gwynfryn Richards was a Welsh

Wales

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 Anglican  priest

Priest

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  and author

Author

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  in the second half of the 20th century. Born on 10 September 1902 and educated at Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College, Oxford

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, he was ordained in 1931. After curacies

Curate

A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...

 in Llanrhos

Llanrhos

Llanrhos is a village to the east and south of Llandudno in the Conwy County Borough, Wales. The Llanrhos parish traditionally includes Deganwy, the Craig-y-Don district of Llandudno, the Little Orme and Penrhyn Bay....

 and Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. Often colloquially known as Aber, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol....

 he became Rector

Rector

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 of Llanllyfni

Llanllyfni

Llanllyfni is a small village near Penygroes in Gwynedd, North Wales.It is a largely Welsh speaking close-knit village. About over 85% of the villagers speak Welsh as their first language....

 in 1938, a post he held for 11 years. Next he was Vicar

Vicar

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 of Conwy

Conwy

Conwy is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales. The town, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy, formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. Conwy has a population of 14,208...

 and then Rural Dean

Rural Dean

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 of Arllechwedd

Arllechwedd

The ancient Welsh cantref of Arllechwedd in north-west Wales was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the new county of Caernarfonshire, together with Arfon and Llŷn under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284.In the middle ages the Cantref...

. He was Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of Bangor before being appointed its Dean

Bangor Cathedral

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in 1962. He retired in 1971; and died on 30 October 1992