Richard Roberts (priest)

{{Short description|Welsh Anglican priest (1884–1970)}}

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Richard Henry Roberts (23 April 1884 – 6 July 1970) was a Welsh Anglican clergyman in the Church in Wales who served as Archdeacon of St Asaph from 1942 to 1959.

He was born in Brynamman, Glamorgan,1911 England Census. and educated at Keble College, Oxford,"Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}. and ordained in 1908.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941. He held incumbencies at Llangennech, Betws with Ammanford and Rhyl before his appointment as Archdeacon.

He retired in 1959 and died in Swansea in 1970.The Times, Friday, 10 July 1970; p. 7; Issue 57914; col D Church News.England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007.

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Category:Alumni of Keble College, Oxford

Category:20th-century Welsh Anglican priests

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