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from 1942 until his death in 1949. Edwards was born in 1874 and educated at St Catherine's Society, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1897, and priest in 1898. After curacies in

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. He held incumbencies in

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St Davids Cathedral St Davids Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi) is situated in St DavidsBritain's smallest city in the county of Pembrokeshire, near the most westerly point of Wales. Early history The monastic community was founded by Saint David, Abbot o ...

from 1940 to 1942. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948 p393

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, 1948

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1874 births 1949 deaths Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford Archdeacons of St Davids Church in Wales archdeacons 20th-century Welsh Anglican priests 19th-century Welsh Anglican priests {{Welsh-Anglican-clergy-stub