Lorys Davies
Lorys Martin Davies (14 June 1936 – 25 February 2021) was Archdeacon of Bolton from 1992[1] until 2001.
Biography[edit]
Davies was born on 14 June 1936, in Whitland. He received his education at Whitland Grammar School and St David's College, Lampeter. After training for ordination at Wells Theological College,[2] he was ordained deacon in 1959 and priest in 1960.[3] After a curacy in Tenby, he was the Chaplain at Brentwood School from 1962 to 1966; and then of Solihull School from 1966 to 1968. He was Vicar of Moseley from 1968 to 1981; a Residentiary Canon at Birmingham Cathedral from 1981 to 1992; and the Advisor to the Bishop of Manchester on Hospital Chaplaincies from 1992 to 2001[4]
Davies died in 2021 at the age of 84.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Church news The Times (London, England), Wednesday, November 06, 1991; pg. 18; Issue 64170
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1985-86, 89th Edition, p 125.
- ^ Crockfords (London, OUP, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ^ ‘ DAVIES, Ven. Lorys Martin’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 27 June 2013
- ^ "Church Times: Deaths, 5 March 2021". Retrieved 5 March 2021.