Michael Gresford Jones
English bishop of St Albans, born 1901
Michael Gresford Jones's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings
Download Badge
Religious Studies
Why Is Michael Gresford Jones Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Edward Michael Gresford Jones was a Church of England bishop. He was the son of Herbert Gresford Jones who was also a bishop. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained in 1927, his first post being as a Curate at St Chrysostom's, Victoria Park, Manchester. He was Chaplain at his old college and after this held incumbencies at Fylde and Hunslet. From 1942 to 1950 he was Bishop of Willesden and Rector of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate — he was consecrated a bishop on Lady Day at St Paul's Cathedral, though he remained at Leeds until he was instituted to St Botolph's on 30 April. He was translated to St Albans. From 1953 until 1970, he served as Lord High Almoner.
