Derrick Childs
Derrick Greenslade Childs (14 January 1918 – 18 March 1987 [1]) was the Anglican Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales.
Derrick Childs | |
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Archbishop of Wales | |
Church | Church in Wales |
Appointed | 1983 |
In office | 1983-1986 |
Predecessor | Gwilym Williams |
Successor | George Noakes |
Orders | |
Consecration | 1970 |
Personal details | |
Born | January 14, 1918 |
Died | March 18, 1987 69) | (aged
Previous post | Bishop of Monmouth (1970-1986) |
Childs grew up in Laugharne.[2] He was educated at Whitland Grammar School, before reading history at University College, Cardiff[2]. He studied theology at Salisbury Theological College, before being ordained in 1942.[3] He was a curate in Milford Haven and then Laugharne. In 1947 he became editor of Cymry'r Groes, a magazine to serve the official youth organization of the Church of Wales[2]. It was renamed Province in 1949; Childs remained its editor until 1967.[2]
Childs married Cicely Davies in 1951; they were to have a son and a daughter.[4] Also in 1951 Childs became Warden of Llandaff House, Penarth in 1951; this was a university hall of residence provided by the diocese[2]. Four years later he became secretary of the provincial council for education and then, in 1956, secretary and treasurer of the Historical Society of the Church in Wales.[2] In 1961 he left Llandaff House to become first director of the Church in Wales Publications.[2] In 1965 he became chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral and then principal of Trinity College, Carmarthen.[2][5] At that time church colleges were fighting for their survival; Childs had an important role in ensuring that Trinity College both survived and embarked on a period of imaginative development[2]. In 1972, he was elected bishop of Monmouth and in 1983 became Primate of the Church in Wales.[6] Childs was a sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
Childs retired in 1986[4]. He died shortly afterwards as the result of a motor accident[4].
References
- “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- "Most Rev Derrick Childs". The Times. 18 March 1987.
- Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
- Wales, The Church in. "Derrick Greenslade Childs". The Diocese of Monmouth. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- Diocese of Monmouth Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
- The Times, 10 February 1983; pg. 12; Issue 61453; col F News in Brief
Church in Wales titles | ||
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Preceded by Eryl Stephen Thomas |
Bishop of Monmouth 1970–1986 |
Succeeded by Royston Clifford Wright |
Preceded by Gwilym Williams |
Archbishop of Wales 1983–1986 |
Succeeded by George Noakes |