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Revision as of 13:22, 14 July 2014
John Cledan Mears (born September 8, 1922) was the Anglican Bishop of Bangor from 1982 to 1992.[1][2]
Mears was born on 8 September 1922. He was educated at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth.[3] Ordained in 1947,[4] he began his ministry with curacies at Mostyn and Rhosllannerchrugog before being appointed Vicar of Cwm. From 1959 to 1973 he was a lecturer at Cardiff University after which he became the vicar of St Mark’s Gabalfa, his last position before his ordination to the episcopate.[5]
References
- ^ BBC Wales
- ^ Diocese of Bangor
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 9780715110300)
- ^ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ^ Bangor Civic Society