Lorys Davies

Lorys Martin Davies (14 June 1936 – 25 February 2021) was Archdeacon of Bolton from 1992^[1] until 2001.

Biography

Davies was born on 14 June 1936, in Whitland. He received his education at Whitland Grammar School and St David's College, Lampeter. After training for ordination at Wells Theological College,^[2] he was ordained deacon in 1959 and priest in 1960.^[3] After a curacy in Tenby, he was the Chaplain at Brentwood School from 1962 to 1966; and then of Solihull School from 1966 to 1968. He was Vicar of Moseley from 1968 to 1981; a Residentiary Canon at Birmingham Cathedral from 1981 to 1992; and the Advisor to the Bishop of Manchester on Hospital Chaplaincies from 1992 to 2001^[4]

Davies died in 2021 at the age of 84.^[5]

^ Church news The Times (London, England), Wednesday, November 06, 1991; pg. 18; Issue 64170
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1985-86, 89th Edition, p 125.
^ Crockfords (London, OUP, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
^ ‘ DAVIES, Ven. Lorys Martin’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 27 June 2013
^ "Church Times: Deaths, 5 March 2021". Retrieved 5 March 2021.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Bill Brison	Archdeacon of Bolton 1992–2001	Succeeded by John Applegate

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v t e Archdeacons of Bolton and of Salford
Fred Hoyle Bill Brison Lorys Davies John Applegate David Bailey Jean Burgess (later "Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford") Rachel Mann, "Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford"
Salford	David Sharples Jean Burgess Rachel Mann

v t e Anglican Diocese of Manchester
Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Broughton Church House, Manchester
Office holders	David Walker, Bishop of Manchester Mark Davies, Bishop suffragan of Middleton Matthew Porter, Bishop suffragan of Bolton AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester Karen Lund, Archdeacon of Manchester Rachel Mann, Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford Karen Smeeton, Archdeacon of Rochdale
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Burnley (1901–1926; moved to Diocese of Blackburn) Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1926; moved to Diocese of Blackburn) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)