George Noakes
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". George Noakes (13 September 1924 – 14 July 2008) was a Welsh Anglican bishop, who served as Bishop of St Davids (1982–1991) and the Archbishop of Wales (1986–1991), head of the Church in Wales.[1]
Biography
Noakes was born on 13 September 1924 in Ceredigion, Wales.[2] His family life was bi-lingual.[3] He was educated at Tregaron Grammar School, and then served in the in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) during the Second World War.[3] After training in Canada, he flew with Bomber Command.[3] He studied philosophy at University College, Aberystwyth, graduating with a second class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1948.[4] He then trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.[3]
Noakes was ordained in the Church in Wales as a deacon in 1950 and as a priest in 1952.[5][6] From 1950 to 1955, he served his curacy in Lampeter in the Diocese of St Davids.[4] He was then successively vicar of Eglwyswrw; Tregaron; Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff, a Welsh language church in Cardiff; and Aberystwyth. He was additionally made a canon of St Davids Cathedral in 1977.[7] He served as Archdeacon of Cardigan from 1979 to 1982.[7] He was elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of St Davids in 1982.[8] In 1987, he was additionally elected Archbishop of Wales, the head of the Church in Wales.[7][9] He was a supporter of the ordination of women to the priesthood.[7] Ill health led to him resigning as Bishop of St Davids and Archbishop of Wales in 1991.[7][3]
He died on 14 July 2008, aged 83.[3]
References
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