Alfred George Edwards (1848-1937) was elected the first Archbishop of the disestablished Church in Wales. The son of a minister of the Church of England, he was born in Llanymawddwy in Gwynedd. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford before being appointed Warden of Llandovery College in 1875. In that same year he was ordained priest and in 1885 he was appointed vicar of St. Peter's, Carmarthen. In 1889 he was appointed Bishop of St. Asaph. He was a strong defender of the rights of the established Church of England in Wales in the face of mounting call for disestablishment from the nonconformist and Liberal majority. When the Church of England was disestablished to be the new Church in Wales in 1920 it was only natural that its strongest defender amongst the bishops should be elected the first Archbishop of Wales. He retired in 1934 and died in 1937 and buried at St Asaph. 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... Flag of the Church in Wales The Church in Wales (Welsh: Yr Eglwys Yng Nghymru) is a member Church of the Anglican Communion, consisting of six dioceses in Wales. ... Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ... College name Jesus College Collegium Jesu Named after Jesus of Nazareth Established 1571 Sister College Jesus College, Cambridge Principal Sir John Krebs JCR President John-Michael Arnold Undergraduates 344 MCR President Claire Brunel Graduates 134 Homepage Boatclub Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen... Carmarthen (Welsh Caerfyrddin - caer fort + Myrddin Moridunum, Merlin (origin disputed)) is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. ... St. ... The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part). ... St Asaph (Welsh: Llanelwy) is a town in Denbighshire, Wales on the River Elwy. ...