Derwyn Jones (bishop)

Derwyn Jones (bishop)

The Rt Rev Derwyn Dixon Jones, DD was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.[1]
Born into an ecclesiastical family on 4 October 1938,[2] and educated at the University of Western Ontario, he was ordained in 1947[3] He held curacies at Holy Trinity, Winnipeg and All Saints’, Windsor. He was Rector of St Andrew’s, Kitchener and then Assistant Rector at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, Ontario. After further incumbencies at the Canon Davis Memorial Church, Sarnia, St Barnabas, Windsor, St Peter’s, Brockville and St James, Westminster he became Archdeacon of Middlesex. He was Suffragan Bishop of Huron in 1982, Coadjutor in 1983 and Diocesan from 1984 to 1990.[4] He died on died 8 March 2005.

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Theodore David Butler Ragg
Bishop of Huron
1984 – 1994
Succeeded by
Percival Richard O'Driscoll

Notes

  1. ^ Anglican Bishops of Canada
  2. ^ His father was The Rev Walter Jones, DD > Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975/6 Lambeth, Church House Publishing 0108153674
  4. ^ Diocesan Web-site