Charles Roberts (priest)

The Ven. Archdeacon Charles Frederic Roberts MA, FSA (20 January 1862 – 23 March 1942) was a Welsh Anglican clergyman who served as Archdeacon of St Asaph in the Church in Wales from 1935–42.

He was born Llanelidan, Denbighshire into an ecclesiastical family, the son of the Rev. David Robert, sometime Rector of Llanelidan [1] and educated at Ruthin School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1886[2] and held curacies in Llanelidan, Llanfyllin and Newtown. He was Vicar Choral of St Asaph Cathedral from 1895 to 1897; and Rector of Llanddulas until 1933 when he became a Canon Residentiary at St Asaph Cathedral.

He died in post on 23 March 1942.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  3. ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Mar 25, 1942; pg. 1; Issue 49193; col A Deaths
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Thomas Lloyd		 Archdeacon of the St Asaph
1935–1942		 Succeeded by
Richard Henry Roberts



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