Eric Roberts (bishop)

Eric Matthias Roberts (18 February 1914[1] – 29 March 1997) was a Bishop of St David's during the last quarter of the 20th century.[2]

Educated at Friars School, Bangor and St Edmund Hall, Oxford he was ordained in 1939.[3] After a curacy at Penmaenmawr, he was Sub-Warden of St. Michael's College, Llandaff and then Vicar of Port Talbot.[4] After this he was the incumbent at Roath and then Archdeacon of Margam until his appointment to the episcopate in 1971.[5] He retired in 1981.

References
  1. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. Genuki Archived 2012-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  4. "List of incumbents". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  5. The Times, Monday, Apr 26, 1971; pg. 15; Issue 58156; col C Church news
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by
John Richards		 Bishop of St Davids
1971–1981		 Succeeded by
George Noakes


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