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Thomas Williams (dean of Bangor)

Dean of Bangor (1870–1941)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 31, 2023
Entity authorityQ7795185 ↗
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Thomas Alfred Williams was an Anglican priest.

Born on 16 June 1870 and educated at St David's College, Lampeter, he was ordained in 1895. After curacies in Anglesey and Portmadoc he held incumbencies at Dolgellau and Maentwrog before becoming the Archdeacon of Merioneth in 1931. Nine years later he was appointed Dean of Bangor but died in post after only one year in post on 27 July 1941.

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This entry incorporates text from “Thomas Williams (dean of Bangor)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.