GREEN
,
CHARLES ALFRED HOWELL
(
1864
-
1944
),
second Archbishop of Wales
,
and eldest son of
A.J.M.
Green
,
clerk in Holy Orders
, and
Elizabeth
his wife, was born at
Llanelli, Carms.
,
19 Aug. 1864
. On his mother's side he was a
great-great-grandson of
Peter
Williams
(
1723
-
1796
;
DWB
, 1063)
. He was educated at
Charterhouse
and
Keble College
,
Oxford
, where he graduated
B.A.
in
1887
and
M.A.
in
1892
. He was successively
Librarian
and
President
of the
Oxford Union Society
. He was ordained
deacon
in
1888
and
priest
in
1889
, and served as
curate
and subsequently (
1893
)
vicar
of
Aberdare
until his appointment as
canon
of
Llandaff Cathedral
and
Archdeacon of Monmouth
in
1914
. On the formation of the diocese of
Monmouth
in
1921
he became its first
bishop
, and was translated to
Bangor
in
1928
. On the retirement of
A.G.
Edwards
(
DWB
, 184)
in
1934
he was elected
Archbishop of Wales
, which office he held till a month before his death on
May 7, 1944
. He was buried at
Llandaff
. He held the degrees of
B.D.
(
1907
),
D.D.
(
1911
), and
D.C.L.
(
1938
), of the
University of Oxford
and was an
Honorary Fellow
of
Keble College
. He was the
author
of
Notes on Churches in the Diocese of Llandaff
(
1907
) and
The Constitution of the Church in Wales
(
1937
). He m. in
1899
Katherine Mary
, dau. of
William Thomas
Lewis
,
first Lord Merthyr
(
DWB
, 564)
, who survived him.
Bibliography:
-
The Times
,
8 May 1944
;
- personal knowledge;
-
[
Who was who?
,
1941-50
].
Author:
Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, M.A., (1899-1970), Aberystwyth
