Hywel Jones

Hywel James Jones(4 March 1918 – 23 April 2003) was the 9th[1] Anglican Bishop of British Columbia, serving from 1980 to 1984.

Jones was born in Wales, educated at the University of Saskatchewan [2] and ordained in 1942.[3] After a curacy in Tofield, Alberta he was a travelling priest until 1944. He was the incumbent at Parksville-Qualicum from 1944 to 1947; of ColwoodLangford from 1947 to 1956; and of Oak Bay from 1956 to 1980. He was also Archdeacon of Quatsino from 1968 to 1971; and of Victoria from 1971 to 1977.

References

  1. Memory BC
  2. ‘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
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 p716: Oxford, OUP,1947
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Frederick Gartrell
Bishop of British Columbia
19801984
Succeeded by
Ron Shepherd


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