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David Edwardes Davies

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David Edwardes Davies (30 May 1879 – 15 May 1950) was an Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Bangor from 1944 to 1949.[1][2]

Edwardes Davies was educated at Durham University on a theological scholarship and was ordained in 1905.[3] He began his ordained ministry with curacies at Oswestry and Wrexham, and subsequently held incumbencies at Brymbo, Mold, Rhyl and Swansea before his consecration as a bishop.[4] He served as Bishop of Bangor until 1949 and died on 15 May 1950.[5]

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  1. ↑ Colby, Frank Moore (1950). The New International Year Book. Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 389.
  2. ↑ "Ecclesiastical News". The Times. No. 49932. 11 August 1944. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "Durham University Calendar 1912–13". Durham University. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  4. ↑ The Clergy List. London: Kelly's Directories. 1913.
  5. ↑ "Deaths". The Times. No. 51692. 16 May 1950. p. 1.