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List of Archdeacons of Merioneth

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This is a list of the archdeacons of Meirionnydd. The Archdeacon of Meirionydd is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Meirionydd, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. The archdeaconry comprises the five deaneries of Ardudwy, Arwystili, Cyfeiliog/Mawddwy, Llyn/Eifionydd and Ystumaner.{{cite web| url = http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/structure/places/archdeaconries/?id=5|title= Meirionnydd Archdeaconry (BM)- In the diocese of: Bangor - Deaneries in this archdeaconry|publisher= The Church in Wales|accessdate = 4 January 2014}}

Archdeacons of Meirionydd

=Medieval period=

  • (1328)(1331) Tudur ap Adda
  • 1358-1387 Samuel de Wyk
  • 1387 - John Sloley
  • -1404 John ap Rhys
  • 1404- John Fychan
  • 1405 Gruffydd Young
  • -1410 (Matthew Peyworden (alias Wotton)
  • 1410- Roger Hungarten
  • 1416- John Estcourt
  • 1436 Richard Gele
  • 1485 Richard Bulkeley

=Modern period=

{{anchor|Robert Townsend}}Robert William Townsend (born 1968){{Crockford | forenames = Robert William | surname = Townsend | id = 15500 | accessed = 8 August 2023 }} was announced on 4 June 2023 as the next Archdeacon of Meirionnydd,{{cite web |website=Esgobaeth Bangor |title=New Archdeacons |url=https://bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.uk/newyddion/2023/06/04/archddiaconiaid-newydd/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803192931/https://bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.uk/newyddion/2023/06/04/archddiaconiaid-newydd/ |archive-date=3 August 2023 |access-date=3 August 2023 }} starting from his collation on 1 October 2023.{{cite web |website=Esgobaeth Bangor |title=A service for Installation of new Archdeacons |url=https://bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.uk/digwyddiadau/2023/10/01/gwasanaeth-o-sefydlu-archddiaconiaid-newydd/

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803193033/https://bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.uk/digwyddiadau/2023/10/01/gwasanaeth-o-sefydlu-archddiaconiaid-newydd/ |archive-date=3 August 2023 |access-date=3 August 2023 }} After studying at University College of North Wales (now Bangor University), he trained for the ministry at St Michael's College, Llandaff. Townsend was made deacon on 3 July 1993 and ordained priest on 24 June 1995,{{cite web |website=Church in Wales |title=The Venerable R W Townsend |url=https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/people/person/2580/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230808200210/https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/people/person/2580/ |archive-date=8 August 2023 |access-date=8 August 2023 }} serving his title posts as assistant curate of Dolgellau (until 1994) and then a Minor Canon of Bangor Cathedral (1994–1996). He was then an incumbent in the same diocese until 2003, when he became Diocesan Schools Officer of the Diocese of St Davids and (at the same time) Priest-in-Charge of Llanilar until 2006; during this time, he was awarded his Master of Arts (MA) by University of Liverpool in 2004. He returned to Bangor diocese in 2006, holding several parochial and diocesan posts simulataneously since then: including Diocesan Director of Education, Area Dean, Communications Officer since 2012, Canon of Bangor Cathedral since 2012, and Ministry Area Leader of Bro Seiriol since 2019.

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