Owen Evans (priest)
The Ven. (Albert) Owen Evans (1864 - 1937)[1] was an Anglican priest[2] and author.[3]
Evans was born on 20 February 1864[4] and educated at St David's College, Lampeter. He was a curate at Connah's Quay and Diocesan Inspector of Schools for the Diocese of Bangor from 1899 to 1909;[5] Rector of Llanfaethlu from 1909 to 1918; Rural Dean of Talybolion from 1918 to 1921; and Archdeacon of Bangor from 1921[6] until his death on 22 September 1937.[7]
References
- ↑ Archive Wales
- ↑ ‘EVANS, Ven. Albert Owen’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 2 Feb 2016
- ↑ Amongst others he wrote "A number of Catechisms in Welsh for Church Sunday Schools", 1902; "Guide to the Litany in Welsh", 1904; "Guide to the Morning and Evening Prayer in Welsh", 1906; "The Minutes of an Old Tract Society of Bangor", 1918; "A Chapter in the History of the Welsh Book of Common Prayer" 1922; "The Life and Works of Archdeacon Edmund Prys", 1924; "Memorandum on the Legality of the Welsh Bible and Welsh Version of Book of Common Prayer", 1925; "Nicholas Robinson (1530-1585)", 1928; "Three Old Foundations", 1930; and "Thomas a Kempis and Wales", 1932 > British Library web site accessed 10:03 GMT Tuesday 2nd February, 2016
- ↑ Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 Oxford, OUP, 1929
- ↑ Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 31, 1920; pg. 13; Issue 42606
- ↑ Obituary: The Archdeacon Of Bangor. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 23, 1937; pg. 14; Issue 47797
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