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Joseph Davies (priest)

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Irish priest (1890–1952)

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

Davies was educated at St David's School, St David's College, Lampeter, Keble College, Oxford and Trinity College, Dublin; and ordained in 1916. 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

Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Thursday, 29 August 1946; pg. 6; Issue 50542
'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
"Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1929 p324 London, OUP, 1929

Church in Wales titles
Preceded byJohn Leoline Phillips	Dean of Monmouth 1946–1952	Succeeded byJohn Roland Lloyd Thomas

v t e Deans of Monmouth and of Newport
Monmouth	John Phillips Joseph Davies John Lloyd Thomas Ellis Evans Frank Jenkins Gareth Lewis Richard Fenwick Jeremy Winston Lister Tonge (titled changed)
Newport	Lister Tonge Ian Black

v t e Diocese of Monmouth
Newport Cathedral Bishopstow, Stow Hill Diocesan Office, Newport, Wales
Office holders	The Bishop of Monmouth, Cherry Vann The Dean of Newport, Ian Black The Archdeacon of Newport, Jonathan Williams The Archdeacon of Monmouth, Ian Rees Archdeacon of the Gwent Valleys (vacant)