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Gilbert Cunningham Joyce (7 April 1866 – 22 July 1942) was a university educator and
Bishop of Monmouth The Bishop of Monmouth (Welsh: ''Esgob Mynwy)'' is the diocesan bishop of the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth. The episcopal see covers the historic county of Monmouthshire with the bishop's seat located at Newport Cathedral (commonly k ...
. He was educated at
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, and
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. He took his BA in 1888, MA in 1892, BD in 1904, and DD in 1909. After studying briefly in
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he was ordained
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in 1892 by Bishop Lewis of
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, and was sub-warden of St Michael's College, Aberdare, from 1892 to 1896, receiving priest's orders in 1893. From 1897 to 1916 he was Warden of St Deiniol's Library,
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, and in 1916, he was made principal of St David's College, now the
University of Wales, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter () was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest Academic degree, degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited degree awarding powers sinc ...
. The college at Lampeter was founded in 1822 as a theological college, but had, by 1916, liberalised its admissions policy and curriculum. Joyce, due to his own background in the clergy, wanted the college to return to its theological roots. He advocated an abandonment of the college charter which allowed it to award
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degrees, but the college board voted down the proposals. As a result, Joyce resigned from his post as principal. After his departure from Lampeter in 1923, Joyce became in 1927
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, and then succeeded Charles Green as Bishop of Monmouth on 30 November 1928.Diocese of Monmouth
, churchinwales.org.uk, accessed February 2012 Joyce took a leading part in the life of the
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, and his counsel was also eagerly sought in educational movements. He was Pro-Chancellor of the
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(which conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1937) from 1934 to 1941, and President of the Welsh National School of Medicine from 1931 to 1937.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joyce, Gilbert Cunningham 1866 births 1942 deaths Bishops of Monmouth Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford People educated at Harrow School People associated with the University of Wales, Lampeter 20th-century bishops of the Church in Wales Archdeacons of St Davids Principals of St David's College