John Griffiths (Archdeacon of Llandaff)

The Venerable John Griffiths, BD (1820 – 1 September 1897),[1] Rector of Neath,[2] was Archdeacon of Llandaff [3] from 1877 to[4] 1897.

He was educated at St David's College, Lampeter. A past Headmaster of Cardigan Grammar School he was six times President of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.[5]

References
  1. Obituary Archdeacon Griffiths The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 02, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35298
  2. Sermon Index
  3. WEbtrees
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. ‘GRIFFITHS, Ven. John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 14 Feb 2014
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by
Henry Lynch Blosse		 Archdeacon of Llandaff
1897–1897		 Succeeded by
Frederic Edmondes


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