Archdeacon of Llandaff
The Archdeacon of Llandaff is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Llandaff, one of three archdeaconries in the diocese (the others are Margam and Morgannwg). The archdeaconry of Llandaff currently consists of five deaneries: Cardiff, Llandaff, Merthyr Tydfil & Caerphilly, Pontypridd, and Penarth & Barry.[1]
History
The first recorded archdeacons of Llandaff occur soon after the Norman Conquest. However, no territorial titles are recorded until after c. 1125. Until 1843, when the separate position of Dean of Llandaff was created, the Archdeacon also performed the duties of cathedral dean.
List of archdeacons of Llandaff
- Leofric[2]
- 1059-1104 Abraham[2]
- Urban I[2]
- 1126 Uhtred[2]
- 1140–1148 Urban II[2]
- c.1154–1159 Ralph[2]
- 1165–1179 William[2]
- 1172–1179 Urban III[2]
- 1217–1242 Maurice[2]
- 1243 Ralph of Newcastle[2]
- 1244 Thomas, the king's chaplain[2]
- 1260 Nicholas[2]
- 1260–c1287 Simon of Radnor[2]
- 1287 Robert de Briouze[2]
- 1289 Henry de Cranborne or Wager[3]
- 1290 Robert[3]
- 1323,1337 Alexander de Monmouth[3]
- 1338 Richard de Halton[3]
- 1347 Thomas de Burgherssh[3]
- ?–1361 John de Coventry[3]
- 1361,1364 Henry Despenser[3]
- 1361–1368 Robert de Walsham[3]
- 1363–? Thomas Banastre of Eltisley[3]
- 1366 Thomas de Southam[3]
- 1368–? Richard Boule[3]
- ?–1373 Thomas de Alston[3]
- 1373–? John de Sulthorn[3]
- 1385,1393 Robert de la More[3]
- 1396–? Thomas Orewelle[3]
- ?-1447 Robert Cole[3]
- 1447–1454 John Stradling[3]
- 1454–? Lewis Byford[3]
- 1529,1541 John Quarre[3]
- ?–1564 John Smith[4]
- 1564–? Giles Langley[5]>
- 1601 Cadwalader Hughes
- 1646 John Clegge
- 166û–1667 Francis Davies (afterwards Bishop of Llandaff, 1667)
- 1668 Edward Gamage
- Edward Gamage Jnr
- Thomas Gamage
- 1686-1705 George Bull (afterwards Bishop of St David's, 1705)
- 1722-1749 John Evans
- 1749–1777 John Fulham[4]
- 1777–1789 William Adams[4][6]
- 1789–? John Porter
- c.1796–1843 John Probyn (also Dean of Llandaff)
- 1843–1857 Thomas Williams (afterwards Dean of Llandaff, 1857)
- 1857–1859 James Colquhoun Campbell (afterwards Bishop of Bangor, 1859)
- 1859–?1877 Henry Lynch Blosse[7]
- 1877-1897 John Griffiths
- 1897–1913 Frederic Edmondes
- 1913–1924 James Buckley
- 1924–1930 David Davies
- 1930–1938 John James
- 1938–1953 Richard Jones
- 1953–1964 Gwynno James (afterwards Dean of Llandaff, 1964)
- 1965–1969 Thomas Hughes, Assistant Bishop
- 1969–1971 John Williams
- 1971–1977 Alun Davies (afterwards Dean of Llandaff, 1977)
- 1977–1988 Lewis Clarke
- 1988–1991 Albert Lewis
- 1991–1997 (ret.) David Lee
- 1998–2008 (ret.) Bill Thomas
- 31 May 2009[8] – July 2021 Peggy Jackson
- September 2021 Rod Green
References
- ^ "Llandaff - The Church in Wales". www.churchinwales.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Pearson, M. J., ed. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 9, pp. 17–20
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Jones, B., ed. (1965), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 11, pp. 23–25
- ^ a b c "Diocesan Office: Archdeacon of Llandaff (CCEd Location ID 235157)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ National Library of Wales
- ^ "Adams, William (1728–1790) (CCEd Person ID 7054)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "No. 22275". The London Gazette. 17 June 1859. p. 2361.
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