In Pursuit of a Welsh Episcopate

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This book examines and analyses the failings of the established Church in nineteenth-century Wales to retain the allegiance of the people of Wales through the appointment of English speaking Anglo-Welsh bishops who failed to understand the character and spirituality of the Welsh people. As a result, there was an increasing demand for the appointment of Welsh-speakers as bishops for the four Welsh sees. The author considers this demand within the context of the political climate of the day and the pressures applied by a vociferous Welsh lobby. The scope of the book goes beyond the ecclesiastical history of Wales and considers the growing awareness of nationality in Wales.

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'This book is likely to interest a far wider readership than Welsh people or ecclesiastical historians. The author, a busy parish priest as well as a distinguished academic, describes with skill and verve the many issues with which successive premiers had to come to grips...It makes for an enthralling ,if sometimes unedifying, narrative'. Church Times '... fascinating reading... an excellent study of the issues facing the Welsh Church in the nineteenth century. It adds to our understanding of the issues relating to Church patronage in the period and will be an indispensable book for students of the modern Church in Wales'. Archive '...excellent study ...thoughtful and meticulously documented...another fine addition to the current series promoted by the Centre for the Advanced Study of Religion in Wales, at the University of Wales, Bangor'. Ecclesiastical History

Author Bio

The Reverend Roger Brown is Honorary Research Fellow in the Centre for the Advanced Study of Religion in Wales, University of Wales, Bangor. He is also vicar of Welshpool. He has published widely on Welsh ecclesiastical and religious themes.