A. G. Edwards (bishop)
| The Most Reverend A. G. Edwards |
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|---|---|
| Archbishop of Wales | |
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| Church | Church in Wales |
| Diocese | St Asaph |
| Elected | 1920 |
| In office | 1920–1934 |
| Successor | Charles Green |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1875 |
| Consecration | 1889 |
| Rank | Archbishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 November 1848 Llanymawddwy, Gwynedd, Wales |
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| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
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Alfred George Edwards (2 November 1848 – 22 July 1937), known as A. G. Edwards, was elected the first archbishop of the disestablished Church in Wales.
The son of a priest of the Church of England, Edwards was born in Llanymawddwy in Gwynedd. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford, before being appointed warden of Llandovery College in 1875.[1] In the same year he was ordained as a priest and in 1885 he was appointed the vicar of St Peter's Church, Carmarthen. [2]
In 1889, Edwards was appointed the Bishop of St Asaph:[3] he was elected on 2 March at St Asaph Cathedral[4] and consecrated a bishop on Lady Day 1889 (25 March), by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[5] He was a strong defender of the rights of the established Church of England in Wales in the face of mounting call for disestablishment from the nonconformist and liberal majority.
He was Honorary Chaplain to the Denbighshire Yeomanry from 2 August 1902.[6]
When the Church of England in Wales was disestablished and became the Church in Wales in 1920, he was elected the first Archbishop of Wales. He retired in 1934, died in 1937 and was buried at St Asaph.[7]
References
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- ↑ Who was Who 1897–20 07, 1991, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ The Bishop Of St Asaph (News), The Times, 26 April 1889; pg. 7; Issue 32683; col F
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27460. p. . 1 August 1902.
- ↑ Ecclesiastical News, Archbishop Of Wales's Retirement (Official Appointments and Notices), The Times, 25 July 1934; pg. 15; Issue 46815; col D
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| Preceded by | Bishop of St Asaph 1889–1934 |
Succeeded by William Havard |
| New title | Archbishop of Wales 1920–1934 |
Succeeded by Charles Green |
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