Alwyn Rice Jones | |
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Archbishop of Wales | |
Church | Church in Wales |
Diocese | Diocese of St Asaph |
In office | 1991 to 1999 |
Predecessor | George Noakes |
Successor | Rowan Williams |
Other post(s) | Bishop of St Asaph (1981–1999) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1 June 1958 (deacon) 24 May 1959 (priest) by Gwilym Williams |
Consecration | 29 June 1982 by Gwilym Williams |
Personal details | |
Born | Capel Curig, Caernarvonshire, Wales | 25 March 1934
Died | 12 August 2007 | (aged 73)
Nationality | Welsh |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse |
Meriel Thomas (m. 1968) |
Children | One |
Alma mater | St David's College, Lampeter Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge St Michael's College, Llandaff |
Alwyn Rice Jones (25 March 1934 – 12 August 2007) was Bishop of St Asaph from 1981 to 1999 and also Archbishop of Wales, the Welsh province of the Anglican Communion, from 1991 to 1999. During Rice Jones' tenure, the Church of Wales reformed its rules in order to ordain women priests, and to allow divorcees to remarry in church.