Charles Green (bishop)

Charles Alfred Howell Green ( born August 19, 1864 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales; † May 7, 1944 ) was an Anglican bishop and primate of the Church in Wales.

Green was August 1864, the eldest son of AJM Green and his wife Elizabeth born. He attended Keble College, University of Oxford, where he received his Bachelor of Arts ( BA) in 1892 and his Master of Arts (MA), 1887. Green was successively librarian and president of the Oxford Union Society.

In 1888 he was ordained a deacon. The ordination took place 1889. Green has now worked as a curate and then, from 1893, as vicar of Aberdare. This he remained until 1914, when he became the canon of Llandaff Cathedral, and was appointed Archdeacon of Monmouth.

As of 1921, the diocese of Monmouth arose, Green became the first bishop. In 1928 he became Bishop of Bangor. As in 1934, the Archbishop of Wales Alfred George Edwards resigned for reasons of age, Green was elected the new archbishop. This post he held until April 1944. Green died a month later, on May 7, and was buried in Llandaff.

He was married in 1899 to Katherine Mary Lewis, daughter of William Thomas Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr.

Honors

Green received various academic degree from the University of Oxford: Master of Divinity (1907 ), Doctor of Divinity (1911) and Doctor of Civil Law (1938). He was also an Honorary Fellow of Keble College.

Works

  • Notes on Churches in the Diocese of Llandaff (1907 )
  • The Constitution of the Church in Wales (1937 )
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