Dewi Bridges

Dewi Morris Bridges (18 November 1933 – 18 May 2015[1]) was a Welsh Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon from 1988 until 1998.[2]

Bridges was born in Beaufort in Brecknockshire on 18 November 1933.[3] He was educated at the St David's College, Lampeter and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and was ordained after a period of study at Westcott House, Cambridge in 1957.[4]

The Right Reverend

Dewi Bridges
Bishop of Swansea and Brecon
ChurchChurch in Wales
DioceseDiocese of Swansea and Brecon
Elected1988
In office1988–1998
PredecessorBenjamin Noel Young Vaughan
SuccessorAnthony Edward Pierce
Other post(s)Archdeacon of St Davids (1982–1988)
Orders
Ordination1957 (deacon)
1958 (priest)
Consecration1988
by George Noakes
Personal details
Born(1933-11-18)November 18, 1933
Beaufort, Brecknockshire, Wales
Died18 May 2015(2015-05-18) (aged 81)
NationalityWelsh
DenominationAnglican
Alma materSt David's College, Lampeter, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Westcott House, Cambridge

Career

He held curacies at Rhymney and Chepstow (1960–63) after which he was Vicar of St James’, Tredegar. From 1965 to 1969 he was a Lecturer at Summerfield College of Education, Kidderminster, and then Vicar of Kempsey. Later he was Rural Dean of Narberth and then Archdeacon of St David's, before his elevation to the episcopate in 1988.[5] He retired effective 30 November 1998.[6][7]

Death

He died on 18 May 2015.[8] His funeral was held on 29 May 2015, at St Mary's Church, Tenby, Wales.[9]

References
  1. BRIDGES : Obituary
  2. City & County of Swansea Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. Diocese of Swansea
  6. "Bishop to retire". Church Times. No. 7063. 26 June 1998. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 8 August 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. "Bishop of Swansea & Brecon elected". Church Times. No. 7093. 22 January 1999. p. 5. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 8 August 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. Eden, Tom (25 May 2015). "Tributes paid to Beaufort-born Bishop Dewi Bridges". Wales Online. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  9. "Tributes are paid to Bishop Dewi Bridges". Provincial press releases. The Church in Wales. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.


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