Frank Graham Jenkins (24 February 1923 – 22 October 2011) was
Dean of Monmouth
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from 1976 to 1990.
Evans was educated at
Cyfarthfa Grammar School,
St David's College, Lampeter
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,
Jesus College, Oxford
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and
St Michael's College, Llandaff. He was
ordained
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deacon
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in 1950 and priest in 1951. After a
curacy
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in
Llangeinor
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he was a
minor canon
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at
Llandaff Cathedral
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from 1953 to 1960. He was
Vicar
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of
Abertillery
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from 1960 to 1964, and then of
Risca
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until his appointment as
dean
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.
["Jenkins, Very Rev. Frank Graham", ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 201]
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1923 births
People educated at Cyfarthfa Grammar School
Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Alumni of St Michael's College, Llandaff
Welsh Anglicans
Deans of Monmouth
2011 deaths
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