predecessor successor religion consecration children title other_post profession article_title parents term birth_date spouse ordination diocese name alma_mater
leslie rees david hallatt anglican 1987 1 son ; 2 daughters bishop of shrewsbury honorary present -rrb- ; and in lichfield -lrb- 1995 -- 2005 assistant -rrb- diocesan missioner , st asaph -lrb- 1982 -- 1987 bishop -rrb- in st asaph -lrb- 2009 -- bishop -lrb- retired -rrb- , author john davies -lrb- bishop of shrewsbury -rrb-
 charles & minnie 1987 -- 1994 12 august 1927 shirley gough -lrb- m. 1956 -rrb- 1953 -lrb- deacon -rrb- ; 1954 -lrb- priest -rrb- diocese of lichfield john davies trinity college , cambridge
john davies -lrb- bishop of shrewsbury -rrb-

john dudley davies -lrb- born 12 august 1927 -rrb- is a former anglican bishop of shrewsbury .
during his tenure the post changed from `` suffragan bishop '' to `` area bishop '' with the institution of area bishops in 1992 .
davies was educated at trinity college , cambridge .
after ordination in 1954 he began his career as curate in halton , leeds .
following that he served for many years in southern africa : his posts including that of `` missionary director '' for empangeni and chaplain at the university of witwatersrand .
while he was chaplain at the university , davies played a major role in drafting the document `` a message to the people of south africa '' , a pamphlet published by the south african council of churches that challenged the christians in south africa to examine the policy of apartheid .
returning to england in 1970 to an administrative post at the `` church of england board of education '' , he was then appointed principal of `` ascension college , selly oak '' and finally -lrb- before his elevation to the episcopate -rrb- `` diocesan missioner '' of st asaph .
in 2012 , while in his retirement he and his wife shirley led the parish of st dogfan , llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant in mid-wales while they were without a parish priest .
davies ' books include : beginning now - a christian exploration of the first three chapters of genesis - `` fortress press -lrb- philadelphia -rrb- '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- good news in galatians - paul 's letter to the galatians in today 's english version - `` collins fontana books -lrb- glasgow -rrb- '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- creed and conflict - lutterworth pr -- isbn 978-0-7188-2414-3 -lrb- 1979 -rrb- the faith abroad - `` blackwell -lrb- oxford -rrb- '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- the crisis of the cross - the challenge at the heart of the christian story - `` canterbury press -lrb- norwich -rrb- '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- be born in us today - the message of the incarnation - `` canterbury press -lrb- norwich -rrb- '' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- god at work - creation then and now - `` canterbury press -lrb- norwich -rrb- '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- only say the word - interactive studies on healing and salvation - `` canterbury press -lrb- norwich -rrb- '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- a song for every morning - dedication and defiance with st patrick 's breastplate - `` canterbury press -lrb- norwich -rrb- '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb-
