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Aberystwyth University.
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John Richards
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Born on 3 March 1901 and educated at Ardwyn School, Aberystwyth and the University College of Wales, he was ordained after a period of study at Saint Michael"s College, Llandaff in 1925. He was a Curate at Pembrey and then a Content Management System missionary in Iran until 1945. He then held incumbencies at Skewen and then Pontypridd until 1955 when he became Dean of Bangor.
In 1956 he became Bishop of Street David"s, a post he held until 1971.
A Sub-Prelate of the Order of Street John of Jerusalem, he died on 10 March 1990.Richards physical stature sometimes led to the famous criticism of Archbishop Language at the time of Sir William Orpen"s portrait being levelled at him.
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He had no fear of controversy: at the funeral of the wife of David James, the businessman and founder of the Pantyfedwen Trust, he insisted on the usage of the psalms specified in the new Welsh funeral rite (forbidding James" wish for Psalm 23). When the local water board sent in surveyors for a new dam at Llangyndeyrn, Carmarthenshire, which could have involved the submersion of the entire village, Richards authorised the ringing of the church bells as a warning signal.
