Owen Phillips (priest)

Evan Owen Phillips[1] (27 April 1826 – 2 March 1897)[2] was a Welsh Anglican priest, the third Dean[3] of St David's.

Portrait of E. Owen Phillips.

He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and graduated BA as 18th Wrangler in 1849.[4] Ordained in 1850,[5] he was Warden of the Welsh College, Llandovery from 1854 to 1861[6] and held incumbencies at Aberystwyth[7] and Letterston. He was Chancellor of St David's Cathedral from 1879 until[8] his elevation to the Deanery in 1895.[9]
A Fellow of his old college, he died on 2 March 1897.[10]

References
  1. National Library of Wales
  2. Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Phillips, Evan Owen (1826-1897), dean of S. Davids". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. Although an ancient foundation, before 1840 the senior residentiary cleric was the Precentor, and not a Dean, due to a complication during the dissolution of the monasteries > “Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi, 1181-1981 / St David's Cathedral, 1181-1981” St David's, Gwasg yr Oriel Fach, 1981 ISBN 0-905421-02-7
  4. "Phillips, Evan Owen (PHLS844EO)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. The Times, Friday, Mar 05, 1897; pg. 10; Issue 35143; col B Obituary The Very Rev E.O. Phillips
  6. College web site Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Who was Who (1991) Who was who. A cumulated index 1897-1990, CD-ROM, London : A & C Black, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  8. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  9. The Bishop of St. David's has offered the deanery to the Rev Canon E.O Phillips (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Saturday, Sep 14, 1895; pg. 5; Issue 34682; col G
  10. Multiple News Items .The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, March 04, 1897; pg. 5; Issue 38920. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II


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