The Archdeacon of Anglesey was the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Anglesey, an administrative division of the Church in Wales

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. In 1844 the Archdeaconry of Anglesey was combined with the Archdeaconry of Bangor to form the Archdeaconry of Bangor and Anglesey. In latter years the post of Archdeacon of Anglesey was held ''

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. Due to the restructuring of the Church in Wales, the post was recreated in 2018.

List of archdeacons of Anglesey

* ?–1267: Anian (afterwards

, 1267) * c.1283–1301: Madog ap Cynfrig (Matthew, Madog ab Crenwiz)) * ?–1309: Einion Sais * 1317: Einion * 1324: Madog ap Meurig of Anglesey * 1328: Madog Hedwich * 1345: John * ?-1368: Hywel ap Goronwy * 1368-1395: Thomas Harborough * 1395-1398: John ap Rhys * ?-1398: Walter de Swaffham * 1405: Evan ap Bleddyn * ?–1410: Thomas Hywel * 1410-1413: John Wolde * 1413-?: Thomas Hywel (2nd term) * 1428, 1440: Andrew Holes * 1446, 1452: William Saundir * 1469–1474: William Moggys * 1474-?: Nicholas ab Ellis * ?-1524: Richard Bulkeley * 1524-1537: William Glynne (died 1537) * 1537-1554: John Salisbury (John of Thetford) (Deprived of office, 1554) * 1554–?1555: Georgius Griffith * 1555–1558:

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) * 1558–1559: Griffith Robert (Deprived of office, 1559) * ?1559–1570: John Salisbury (Reinstated in office) * ?–1585: ?? (died 1585) * 1585–?: Owen Owen * 1588–1593:

Henry Rowlands Henry Rowlands (1655–1723) was rector of Llanidan on Anglesey, and the author of ''Mona Antiqua Restaurata: An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical, of the Isle of Anglesey, the Antient Seat of the British Druids' ...

(afterwards

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, 1593) * 1593–1844 ''Post held

by the

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'' * 6 May 201824 July 2022 (ret.): Andy Herrick *1 October 2022present John Harvey John Christopher Harvey (born 1965) was collated Archdeacon of Anglesey on 1 October 2022. Having first studied at St David's University College, Lampeter, he then trained for the ministry at

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. Harvey was made deacon at

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1989 (24 June) and ordained priest the following Petertide (1 July 1990) — both times by Cledan Mears,

, at

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. He served his title (curacy) at

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then became Vicar of

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and

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; he moved to the

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, where he served in various parochial and diocesan roles for a total of 20 years before returning to St Davids as an archdeacon.

References

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