Cledan Mears

John Cledan Mears (8 September 1922 – 13 July 2014) was the Anglican Bishop of Bangor from 1982 to 1992.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Mears was born on 8 September 1922. He was educated at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth.^[4] Ordained in 1947,^[5] he began his ministry with curacies at Mostyn and Rhosllannerchrugog before being appointed Vicar of Cwm. From 1959 to 1973 he was a lecturer at Cardiff University after which he became the vicar of St Mark’s Gabalfa, his last position before his ordination to the episcopate.^[6]

References

↑ BBC Wales
↑ Diocese of Bangor
↑ "Bishop Cledan Mears (1922-2014) - The Diocese of Bangor". Bangor.churchinwales.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 9780715110300)
↑ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Bangor Civic Society

Church in Wales titles
Preceded by Gwilym Williams	Bishop of Bangor 1982–1992	Succeeded by Barry Morgan

Bishops of Bangor

Early & High Medieval	Deiniol Elfodd Mordaf Dyfan Revedun Hervey le Breton David the Scot Meurig Arthur of Bardsey Gwion Rotoland Alan (Bishop of Bangor) Robert of Shrewsbury Cadwgan of Llandyfai Hywel ap Ednyfed Richard Anian

Late Medieval	Gruffydd ap Iorwerth Einion Sais Matthew de Englefeld Ithel ap Robert Thomas de Ringstead Alexander Dalby Gervase de Castro Hywel ab Goronwy John Gilbert Geoffrey Herdeby John Swaffham Lewis Aber Richard Young Lewis Byford Gruffydd Young Benedict Nichols William Barrow John Clederowe Thomas Cheriton John Stanberry James Blakedon Richard Edenham Henry Deane Thomas Pigot John Penny Thomas Skevington John Capon John Bird

Early modern	Arthur Bulkeley William Glyn Maurice Clenock Rowland Meyrick Nicholas Robinson Hugh Bellot Richard Vaughan Henry Rowlands Lewis Bayly David Dolben Edmund Griffith William Roberts Robert Price Robert Morgan Humphrey Lloyd Humphrey Humphreys John Evans Benjamin Hoadly Richard Reynolds William Baker Thomas Sherlock Charles Cecil Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton Zachary Pearce John Egerton John Ewer John Moore John Warren William Cleaver John Randolph Henry Majendie Christopher Bethell

Late modern	Colquhoun Campbell Lewis Lloyd Watkin Williams Daniel Davies Charles Green (Archbishop of Wales) David Edwardes Davies John Jones Gwilym Williams (Archbishop of Wales) Cledan Mears Barry Morgan Saunders Davies Anthony Crockett Andrew John

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