Edward Bevan (bishop)

Edward Latham Bevan[1] (27 October 1861[2] – 2 February 1934)[3] was a Welsh churchman, the inaugural Bishop of Swansea and Brecon from 1923[4] until his death, having previously been the final suffragan Bishop of Swansea.He was educated at Hertford College, Oxford[6] (whence he gained the degree MA (Oxon)) and ordained in 1886.[7] Bevan began his career with a curacy[8] at Holy Trinity, Weymouth[9] after which he was Chaplain[10] of the Gordon’ Home for Boys[11] until 1907 when he succeeded his father as Archdeacon of Brecon.[12] He was appointed an acting Chaplain to the 1st (Brecknockshire) Volunteer Battalion, South Wales Borderers (of which his father had been an Honorary Chaplain since 1860) and in 1907 he succeeded his father as Hon Chaplain to the battalion, retaining the role until World War I.[16] At some point he gained a Doctorate of Divinity (DD).
Bronze effigy of Bevan by Goscombe John in Brecon Cathedral
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