Joseph Davies (priest)

Joseph Gwyn Davies (b St Davids 18 October 1890 – d Newport 17 March 1952) was Dean of Monmouth from 1946^[1] until his death.

Davies was educated at St David's School, St David's College, Lampeter, Keble College, Oxford and Trinity College, Dublin;^[2] and ordained in 1916.^[3] After curacies in Llanelly and Aberystwyth he was Vicar of Llanganten. From 1926 to 1929 he was Chaplain at Valparaiso. He then held incumbencies in Talgarth, Cardiff and Sketty. He was also Grand Chaplain of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1947 to 1948.

References

1. Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Thursday, 29 August 1946; pg. 6; Issue 50542
2. 'DAVIES, Very Rev. Joseph Gwyn', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 March 2015
3. "Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1929 p324 London, OUP, 1929