Richard Lewis (bishop of Llandaff)

The Revd Richard Lewis, the Bishop of Llandaff

Richard Lewis (27 March 1821–24 January 1905[1]) was the Anglican Bishop of Llandaff in Wales from 1883 to 1905.[2]

Born in Pembrokeshire, Lewis was educated at Bromsgrove School and Worcester College, Oxford and ordained in 1846. He was Rector of Lampeter Velfrey for 32 years and from 1874 to 1883 the Archdeacon of St David's.[3]

He was the brother of John Lennox Griffith Poyer Lewis, Esq. of Henllan and High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1867.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Death Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A
  2. ↑ Parish of Kenig Hill
  3. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  4. ↑ Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar: a biographical hand-list of the members of the various Inns of Court (second ed.). London and Aylesbury: Hazell, Watson, and Viney. p. 277. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by
Alfred Ollivant		 Bishop of Llandaff
1883–1905 		Succeeded by
Joshua Pritchard Hughes


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