William Llewellyn (bishop)

The Rt Rev. William Somers Llewellyn was the inaugural Bishop of Lynn from 1963^[1] until 1972.^[2]

Born on 16 August 1907 and educated at Eton and Balliol,^[3] he was ordained in 1936 and began his ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at Chiswick.^[4] From 1940 until 1946 he was a Chaplain to the Forces and then Vicar of Tetbury,^[5] from when on he was to have a deep affinity with the area.^[6] Additionally Rural Dean of the area from 1955, in 1961 he was appointed Archdeacon of Lynn and Suffragan Bishop a year later. On retirement he continued to serve the church as an Assistant Bishop within the Gloucester Diocese. He died on 22 July 2001.

Notes

1. The Times, Saturday, 19 Oct 1963; pg. 10; Issue 55836; col C Ecclesiastical News New suffragan bishop consecrated
2. The Times, Thursday, 21 Dec 1972; pg. 4; Issue 58662; col E Resignation of the Bishop of Lynn
3. Who's Who 1970 London, A & C Black, 1971 ISBN 0-7136-1140-5
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
5. List of incumbents
6. He wrote ”A short history of Tetbury Parish Church” (Tetbury, Tetbury PCC, 1959);and retired to the area after resigning as a bishop.