Eric Matthias Roberts (18 February 1914 – 29 March 1997) was a

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during the last quarter of the 20th century. Educated at

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and

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he was ordained in 1939. After a

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, he was Sub-Warden of

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and then

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. After this he was the

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and then Archdeacon of Margam until his appointment to the

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in 1971.

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, Monday, Apr 26, 1971; pg. 15; Issue 58156; col C ''Church news'' He retired in 1981.

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1914 births 1997 deaths People educated at Friars School, Bangor Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Deans of Bangor Archdeacons of Margam Bishops of St Davids 20th-century bishops of the Church in Wales {{Anglican-bishop-stub