Alfred Edwards (bishop)

The Most Reverend
Alfred Edwards
Archbishop of Wales
Church Church in Wales
Elected 1920
In office 1920-1934
Successor Charles Green
Orders
Ordination 1875
Consecration 1889
Rank Archbishop
Personal details
Born (1848-11-02)November 2, 1848
Llanymawddwy, Gwynedd, Wales
Died July 22, 1937(1937-07-22) (aged 88)

Alfred George Edwards (2 November 1848 - 22 July 1937) was elected the first archbishop of the disestablished Church in Wales.

The son of a priest of the Church of England, Edwards was born in Llanymawddwy in Gwynedd. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford, before being appointed warden of Llandovery College in 1875. In the same year he was ordained as a priest and in 1885 he was appointed the vicar of St Peter's Church, Carmarthen. [1]

In 1889 Edwards was appointed the Bishop of St Asaph.[2] He was a strong defender of the rights of the established Church of England in Wales in the face of mounting call for disestablishment from the nonconformist and liberal majority.

When the Church of England in Wales was disestablished and became the Church in Wales in 1920, he was elected the first Archbishop of Wales. He retired in 1934, died in 1937 and was buried at St Asaph.[3]

References

  1. Who was Who 1897–20 07, 1991, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. The Bishop Of St Asaph (News), The Times, 26 April 1889; pg. 7; Issue 32683; col F
  3. Ecclesiastical News, Archbishop Of Wales's Retirement (Official Appointments and Notices), The Times, 25 July 1934; pg. 15; Issue 46815; col D
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by
Joshua Hughes
Bishop of St Asaph
1889–1934
Succeeded by
William Thomas Havard
New title Archbishop of Wales
1920–1934
Succeeded by
Charles Green
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