Huw Jones (bishop)

The Right Reverend Huw Jones
Bishop of St David's
Church	Church in Wales
Diocese	St David's
Installed	1996
Term ended	2001
Predecessor	Ivor Rees
Successor	Carl Cooper
Other post(s)	Assistant Bishop of St Asaph (1991–1996) Dean of Brecon Cathedral (1981–1996)
Orders
Ordination	1959
Consecration	1991
Personal details
Born	David Huw Jones 1 July 1934
Died	18 October 2016(2016-10-18) (aged 82)
Nationality	Welsh
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Gwyneth Jones
Children	2

David Huw Jones (1 July 1934 – 18 October 2016) was a Welsh Anglican bishop who served as the Bishop of St. David's from 1996 to 2001.^[1]

Early life and education

Jones was born on 1 July 1934.^[2] He was educated at Pontardawe Grammar School, a state school in the Swansea Valley.^[3] He studied at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1955, and at University College, Oxford, graduating with a further BA in 1958.^[4] As per tradition, his Oxford BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1962.^[3][4] From 1958 to 1959, he trained for ordination at St Michael's College, Llandaff.^[4]

Ordained ministry

Jones was ordained in the Church in Wales as a deacon in 1959 and as a priest in 1960.^[4] His first pastoral appointment was as a curate at Aberdare from 1959 to 1961, followed by the curate of St Catherine's, Neath from 1961 to 1965, Vicar of Crynant from 1965 to 1969, then the Vicar of Cwmafan (Cwmavon)(Michaelston-Super-Avon) from 1969 to 1973. His next appointment was as the Sub-Warden of St Michael's College, Llandaff from 1974 to 1978. He also became a Lecturer in the Faculty of Theology at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire from 1974 to 1978; becoming Assistant Dean of Faculty from 1977 to 1978. He became a Diocesan Ecumenical Officer in 1979. He was appointed Dean of Brecon Cathedral and Vicar of Brecon, St Mary and Battle with Llanddew, in 1982, where he served until 1993.

Episcopal ministry

He was consecrated an Assistant Bishop of St Asaph in 1993. He was elected Bishop of St Davids in December 1995^[5] and enthroned at St Davids Cathedral on 24 February 1996.^[6] He retired at the end of 2001.^[7]

He died on 18 October 2016.^[7]

References

1. Gwir Barchedig D Huw Jones (Caerdydd) Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, Nottingham Welsh Society
2. St. David's. Bishop of, since 1996: Rt Rev. David Huw Jones. A & C Black, London. 2001. p. 1822. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
3. "Jones, Rt Rev. David Huw, (1 July 1934–18 Oct. 2016), Bishop of St Davids, 1996–2001". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
4. "✠ The Rt Revd David Huw Jones". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
5. "Briefly: Bishop for St Davids". Church Times. No. 6931. 15 December 1995. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 9 August 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
6. "picture caption". Church Times. No. 6945. 22 March 1996. p. 6. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 9 August 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
7. Twm Owen (in "Local People") (20 October 2016). "Tributes paid to former Dean of Brecon". Tindle Newspapers Ltd. (Brecon & Radnor Express), Brecon. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.