John Holdsworth (born 1949) is a retired

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. Holdsworth has four degrees from the

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. He was ordained deacon in 1973, priest in 1974. After a curacy in Newport he was

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then

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. He was

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from 1997 to 2003; Archdeacon of St David's from 2003 to 2010; and

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from 2010Diocesan web-site
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1949 births Alumni of the University of Wales Archdeacons of St Davids Archdeacons of Cyprus Church in Wales archdeacons 20th-century Welsh Anglican priests 21st-century Welsh Anglican priests Living people Wardens of St Michael's College, Llandaff {{ChurchinWales-clergy-stub Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter