In Pursuit of a Welsh Episcopate

by Roger Lee Brown

Overview

The failure of the established Church in 19th-century Wales to retain the allegiance of its parishioners is examined in this study. The appointed English-speaking Anglo-Welsh bishops misunderstood the character and spirituality of the Welsh people, which fomented a popular demand for Welsh-speaking clergy. This demand is considered within the historical context of the political climate of the day and the pressure of such a vociferous Welsh lobby, and expands beyond the scope of ecclesiastical history of Wales, by encompassing the growing movement for national unity in Wales.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780708319390
Publisher:	University of Wales Press
Publication date:	07/13/2005
Series:	University of Wales - Bangor History of Religion
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.40(h) x 1.90(d)

About the Author

Roger Lee Brown has served in the ministry of the Church in Wales since 1968. Currently he is a vicar of Welshpool and a cursal canon of St Asaph Cathedral. In addition he is an honorary fellow of the Centre for the Advanced Study of Religion in Wales at the University of Wales, Bangor, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. A former joint editor of the Journal of Welsh Religious History, he has written a number of books on nineteenth-century Welsh church history, including The Welsh Evangelicals, David Howell: A Pool of Spirituality, Parochial Lives, Ten Clerical Lives and Reclaiming the Wilderness, while he edited The Letter Books of Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff for the South Wales Record Society.



Roger Lee Brown has served in the ministry of the Church in Wales since 1968. Currently he is a vicar of Welshpool and a cursal canon of St Asaph Cathedral. In addition he is an honorary fellow of the Centre for the Advanced Study of Religion in Wales at the University of Wales, Bangor, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. A former joint editor of the Journal of Welsh Religious History, he has written a number of books on nineteenth-century Welsh church history, including The Welsh Evangelicals, David Howell: A Pool of Spirituality, Parochial Lives, Ten Clerical Lives and Reclaiming the Wilderness, while he edited The Letter Books of Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff for the South Wales Record Society.

Table of Contents

General Editor’s Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations

1 In Pursuit of a Welsh Episcopate: Appointments to Welsh Sees, 1840–1905

2 The Last Political Appointment: The Appointment of Connop Thirlwall to St Davids, 1840

3 The Alien Bishop in the North: Bishop Short of St Asaph, 1846

4 The Deceit of Lord John: The Appointment of Alfred Ollivant to Llandaff, 1849

5 The Scotch Bishop: James Colquhoun Campbell and the Appointment to Bangor, 1859

6 ‘Wales for the Welsh’: The Appointment of Joshua Hughes to St Asaph, 1870

7 Mr Disraeli’s Choice: The Appointment of Basil Jones to St Davids, 1874

8 Unexpected and Unknown: Gladstone’s Choice for Llandaff, 1883

9 Alfred George Edwards: His Appointment to St Asaph, 1889

10 The Levisian Maze: The Election to Bangor, 1890

11 The True Welshman from the North: The Election to St Davids, 1897

12 A Vacancy in Bangor: The Episcopal Election of 1898

13 The Last State Appointment: The Appointment of Joshua Pritchard Hughes to Llandaff, 1905

14 Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index