Hywel Jones
Hywel James Jones (4 March 1918 – 23 April 2003)[1] was the 9th[2] Anglican Bishop of British Columbia, elected in 1980, and serving until 1984.
Life
Early life and career
Jones was born in Porthcawl, Wales and came to Canada as a boy.[3] He graduated from the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, a member of the Saskatoon Theological Union group of Protestant theological colleges within the University of Saskatchewan,[4] and ordained in 1942.[5]
After a curacy in Tofield, Alberta he was a travelling priest in the Diocese of Edmonton[3] until 1944. He then moved to the Diocese of British Columbia and was the incumbent at Parksville-Qualicum from 1944 to 1947; of Colwood–Langford from 1947 to 1954; and of Oak Bay from 1954 to 1979. He was also Archdeacon of Quatsino from 1969 to 1971; and of Victoria from 1971 to 1976.
Jones was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity by his alma mater in 1980.[3]
Personal life
Jones' wife, Margaret, died in 1985. They had a daughter and a son, and six grandchildren.[1]
References
- Victoria, B.C., Canada: The Times Colonist, April 26, 2003: Obituary of Hywel James Jones
- Memory BC
- The Anglican Journal - Hywel J. Jones Accessed 06 Apr. 2018
- ‘JONES, Rt Rev. Hywel James’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 14 Oct 2013
- Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 p716: Oxford, OUP,1947
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| Preceded by Frederick Gartrell |
Bishop of British Columbia 1980–1984 |
Succeeded by Ron Shepherd |